tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1179369273914823636.post2181124552895181547..comments2023-12-21T05:31:47.533-08:00Comments on My Life in a Laptop: What do you tell your readers?C. Michelle Jefferieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11959637456903210462noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1179369273914823636.post-24430450585904704762011-05-25T15:05:55.893-07:002011-05-25T15:05:55.893-07:00this is the age old question, i'm afraid.
the...this is the age old question, i'm afraid.<br /><br />there is an answer, and it's one word: balance.<br /><br />not too much this, not too little that. <br /><br />it's a difficult balancing act and honestly, i happen to think it varies from person to person, story to story.<br /><br />good luck with it and try not to stress too much. remember it's just an opinion - someone else may love it exactly as it is!Amie Borsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06303337229388844182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1179369273914823636.post-78499030285207415532011-05-25T14:57:27.226-07:002011-05-25T14:57:27.226-07:00I thought I was following your blog, but I wasn...I thought I was following your blog, but I wasn't! That sad situation has been remedied.<br /><br />As far as a first chapter, I don't want it to tell me anything--I want to be dropped into an interesting story, and watch and feel it unfold. But if the first part contains a death or something, give me a paragraph or two before it so I'm emotionally engaged.<br /><br />I'm currently reading Plot and Structure, and I highly recommend it. They answer some of the questions you brought up and I will never be able to explain it as well as the book does.Rebecca Blevinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09378726097105313400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1179369273914823636.post-78279226642970949932011-05-23T08:29:25.042-07:002011-05-23T08:29:25.042-07:00These are excellent questions which I am trying to...These are excellent questions which I am trying to figure out as well. I only know that you don't have to necessarily start with huge action, but leave the reader asking questions that will make them want to know more. Let the reader know what is at stake for the MC. Maybe give them a hint at the importance of what she has to do--some foreshadowing--a flicker of a villain in the wings or something.<br /><br />Just some thoughts. Good luck!Sharihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05184772057308479564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1179369273914823636.post-60290698780798065792011-05-22T17:31:57.954-07:002011-05-22T17:31:57.954-07:00Wow. So much stress over a first chapter... Perso...Wow. So much stress over a first chapter... Personally I'd like to see what they say about my first chapters. I think that by the end of the first chapter I have given the reader a pretty good idea of where we are going to be heading with this story. I try, then, to find a good place to end it, almost like a cliff-hanger and pick it up in chapter two.<br />Now you've got me thinking...Mel Chesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200734886454147170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1179369273914823636.post-814201414341702242011-05-22T17:20:43.435-07:002011-05-22T17:20:43.435-07:00AS a reader, I like to have a lot of questions fro...AS a reader, I like to have a lot of questions from the first chapter. Some foreshadowing of the problem is good. Maybe the thing that keeps me turning pages though is the voice and mood of the main character.Candahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15867282872125340556noreply@blogger.com