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andrewducker) wrote2009-07-29 02:39 pm
andrewducker) wrote2009-07-29 02:39 pm
A note to authors
If you start your book by introducing five characters at once, who refer to each other by a mix of first names, surnames and nicknames (and occasionally by some identifying feature) then I will finish the opening chapter with no idea who anyone is, or what they are doing.
I have enough problems with names in real life - I need to be introduced to characters one or two at a time, with each one labelled and identified so that I have some kind of internal handle on them, before the next ones are introduced. More than that and I will bounce right off of your book.
I have enough problems with names in real life - I need to be introduced to characters one or two at a time, with each one labelled and identified so that I have some kind of internal handle on them, before the next ones are introduced. More than that and I will bounce right off of your book.
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