Too much setting and background?
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Too much setting and background?
There are some books that have just bored me to tears, and that is the last thing I want to do as a writer. Where do you find the balance between the story and the background?
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I think that is the problem I am facing with the book I am reading. It is just too much background in some places when I am really just wanting to get on with the story.emdee wrote:I don't mind details in the beginning of the book or even chapters. When it comes to the core sections of the book or a chapter, background and details should be used to add to earlier descriptions and not become an endless flow in themselves.
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I recently read a book just like this. I felt the writer was trying to show off his abilities rather than tell the story. It made for some very tedious reading.SidnayC wrote:writers become confused into thinking that the more detailed background they provide at every turn, then the more sophisticated their writing will be.
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Ha! If you can't get to the point, maybe it is best left unsaid (or unwritten)!Norma_Rudolph wrote:It's a sign of a good writer if he/she can do the job in one sentence or less rather than a whole paragraph. Nothing more boring than long overblown descriptions.
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