tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035513.post7393837570600749098..comments2024-03-17T00:18:33.662-07:00Comments on The Non-Dog Blog: A Writer in TrainingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035513.post-89258663401069843632012-09-13T14:27:47.890-07:002012-09-13T14:27:47.890-07:00Six comments, and they're all from me. Oh, joy...Six comments, and they're all from me. Oh, joy. Here's another one--a writer I know (who has had a pretty successful career) writes about world-building, including links to some of her related earlier posts. She has an interesting take on it.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.kateelliott.com/wordpress/?p=613" rel="nofollow">http://www.kateelliott.com/wordpress/?p=613</a>Elfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01827436807468320435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035513.post-63127129401993835272012-09-11T22:46:08.111-07:002012-09-11T22:46:08.111-07:00And one more about dropping hints in a story-- htt...And one more about dropping hints in a story-- <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreshadowing" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreshadowing</a>Elfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01827436807468320435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035513.post-28319339077729758622012-09-11T22:34:30.878-07:002012-09-11T22:34:30.878-07:00http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrative_hookhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrative_hookElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01827436807468320435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035513.post-40547624500276959932012-09-11T22:33:30.614-07:002012-09-11T22:33:30.614-07:00Oh oh oh, and back to the beginning--I should make...Oh oh oh, and back to the beginning--I should make the distinction between the *story* and the *text*. The text has to begin with a good hook. Sometimes that's the middle of the story. Sometimes that's the end of the story. Sometimes it's the beginning. I know that I've read stories & seen films where it starts with the ending, but you don't know what it means until the Elfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01827436807468320435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035513.post-2573821243350204902012-09-11T18:44:08.614-07:002012-09-11T18:44:08.614-07:00Lastly--world building, boy do you have it right, ...Lastly--world building, boy do you have it right, except that if you're building your own world and get one little detail wrong, readers still notice it as much as they notice blips in real-world settings, and it's a lot harder to keep track of your own world than you might think! I'm trying to remember which author it was who was glad that some fan came up with an encyclopedia aboutElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01827436807468320435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035513.post-27306404001666764012012-09-11T18:41:36.563-07:002012-09-11T18:41:36.563-07:00Next, I think you underestimate what most readers ...Next, I think you underestimate what most readers will catch and retain when reading a story. I'd have to see in context some examples that you think are setting up for later in the story but that the reader might miss. Murder mysteries do this sort of thing all the time--the characters are chatting about going out in the yard and how warm it is and one character drops their sweater on the Elfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01827436807468320435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035513.post-25707875550471008882012-09-11T18:34:54.054-07:002012-09-11T18:34:54.054-07:00The beginning--that's your hook, the thing tha...The beginning--that's your hook, the thing that makes people want to read more. It doesn't necessarily have to be right in the middle of the action, but you're right, it's whatever will intrigue the reader. There was one novel that I don't remember anything except the first page, 2 or 3 paragraphs about a man as a passenger on an airplane, waxing philosophical, and ending withElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01827436807468320435noreply@blogger.com