Tonight, we discussed pages 199-279  of Solito by Javier Zamora.

Our conversation centered on the following:

Pages 236-242 depict a dramatic scene in Javier Zamora’s epic journey to reach La USA. What devices does Zamora use to create tension, conflict, and drama in this moment?

How might you apply these techniques to your own writing?

Short punchy sentences, strong action verbs, sentence fragments, commands in all caps, subject/verb sentence starts, sounds, the author’s bodily reactions, and more contribute to this powerful scene.