Exploding the Moment

We have been revisiting how good authors stretch out exciting moments to make their stories come alive.  We call this "exploding the moment."  We read a few books that were excellent examples of this.

The author stretches out the moment where the boy finds a marooned horseshoe crab and has to quickly flip it over in order for it to survive.

The author writes about when the main character gets a chance to ride a high-diving horse and stretches out the moment as the horse is diving from the high platform into the tank below.

The high-diving horse book is based on a true story from Atlantic City.

We also saw real footage of high-diving horses from the mid-1900s.

We were on the edge of our seats as we read how the little girl in the story got the chance to ride a high-diving horse!

After reading Crab Moon we also became interested in horseshoe crabs and how they have been around for 450 million years.  We also enjoyed watching videos of horseshoe crabs spawning on beaches.


We love writing like authors!