Being able to cut out information at the start of a story. The reader doesn’t get to know everything all at once, and if it takes several chapters to learn why someone is the way they are, it’s more fun. When appropriate. I like it that I can have my cp tell me I don’t need to mention that yet, and I can cut it out and not feel tortured over it. And I love it when a reader tells me they have no idea why something happened the way it did, but they can’t wait to keep reading and find out!
I used to think, “But you’ll understand them better if you know this!” and often, that’s true. But do we ever really know a person completely within a few minutes of meeting them?
Anyway, I’m probably rambling, but it’s late and I’m super tired, and I had a rough day. So I hope you’ll forgive me! (f)
BTW, the smilies look pretty cool in FireFox, but they look like crap in IE. If you’re not using FF yet, you should switch!! It’s a fabulous browser with so many more choices in the right-click menu. And the tabbed browsing just rocks. (Sorry, geek moment. Told ya I was tired…)
I love my CPs, and yes they’ve given me the “you don’t need this right now” story. Only made me better, of course.
Thanks for sharing your writing hints!
on April 26th, 2006 at 9:05 am
I love Firefox, too! (l) It’s an awesome browser. Yeah, it’s easy to give too much info up front. I tend to give sparse info up front, but I couldn’t do that with the magic series (so my editor taught me!) because of the world building. My contemps are different, because you’re not building a whole new world. Love the new icons! (d)
on April 27th, 2006 at 7:46 am