The Surprising Truth About MRUs: Where They Work—and Where They Don’t
The tiger dropped out of the tree and sprang toward Jack.
This short paragraph is all about what the tiger is doing. Jack is mentioned in the paragraph, but he’s not the one doing the action.
Here’s an example of a “reaction,” taken from the same article:
A bolt of raw adrenaline shot through Jack’s veins. He jerked his rifle to his shoulder, sighted on the tiger’s heart, and squeezed the trigger. “Die, you bastard!”
This short paragraph is all about what our POV character Jack is doing. He’s feeling emotions. He’s acting. He’s speaking. He could also be thinking, but in this particular MRU, we don’t show his thoughts.
