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Re: Erik leaves home
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Tue, 15 Feb 2000 00:56:38 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Bill Farkas writes:
> My only criticism is all the name dropping without expounding on who or
> what exactly is being talked about. I think there were two or three times
> where you mentioned a person or place without clarifying who/what they are.
> Minor point, please don't be offended.
I've found that I have the same problem when writing up one small facet of a
detailed backstory. If I put in enough detail to make the references and
interrelationships clear, I drift too far away from the immediate purpose of
the writing (the facet I'm explaining). If I only use references, to keep the
story to the point, it's more confusing because people aren't as familiar with
the backstory as I am.
How I've decided to handle it is to minimize as much as possible the actual
names I use, substituting general descriptions of places and people instead,
and relying on the fact that I'm going to be writing up more of the backstory
in time to fill in the missing pieces. This approach allows me to work on the
current facet in more depth.
Of course, I've only written up one person's story, in abbreviated form, but
this is where it's taken me so far. :)
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Message has 1 Reply: ![](/news/x.gif) | | Re: Erik leaves home
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| (...) I know what you mean. I have the same problem with my stuff. The way I handled it is, explain in a line or two who the person is. Later on, (if you're doing a storyline), write a chapter in the past, or perhaps a short monologue by one (...) (24 years ago, 15-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Very well written! You did a great job of creating pictures in the mind of the reader - tremendous use of the english language without redundancy. I can still see the cliff-side beach scene in my head, with all the emotion of wanting to leave (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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27 Messages in This Thread: ![Erik leaves home -James Howse (13-Feb-00 to lugnet.castle)](/news/x.gif) ![](/news/246.gif) ![Re: Erik leaves home -Shiri Dori (13-Feb-00 to lugnet.castle)](/news/x.gif)
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