by Tina Tempest » Thu May 21, 2020 12:52 am
FifteencentiKim wrote: ↑Wed May 20, 2020 11:15 am
Having read (and thoroughly enjoyed!) what you've written on the forum and in your Kindle collections, I have to say that although your writing skills were up to their usual excellent level in this collection, some of the stories weren't my cup of tea. However, this is a reflection of my taste only, and not your superb skills as a writer. One of the things I enjoyed about the last story about Spinning the Bottle was the shrinking roofie. I love your attention to background details. In this case, Shrinky Juice is introduced as part of the collective knowledge all the characters possess, in the same way they know about texting and such. So you don't have to go into great detail at the beginning about what Shrinky Juice is, but just introduce necessary details as they come up, like when it wears off.
Thank you for the comments FifteencentKim! I am very pleased with your opinion of my writing, Just out of curiosity, what in particular did you not like as much. I know that no author can please every reader every time. Still, I would like to know what works and what doesn't work. I''m glad you picked up on the way I use background details. Nothing stops a story faster than an info dump. Even when they are necessary, they should be as painless as possible. This was one of my earlier collections, I've improved as a writer since then, at least I like to think so.
Thank you again for your kind words -- Tina
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Having read (and thoroughly enjoyed!) what you've written on the forum and in your Kindle collections, I have to say that although your writing skills were up to their usual excellent level in this collection, some of the stories weren't my cup of tea. However, this is a reflection of my taste only, and not your superb skills as a writer. One of the things I enjoyed about the last story about Spinning the Bottle was the shrinking roofie. I love your attention to background details. In this case, Shrinky Juice is introduced as part of the collective knowledge all the characters possess, in the same way they know about texting and such. So you don't have to go into great detail at the beginning about what Shrinky Juice is, but just introduce necessary details as they come up, like when it wears off.
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Thank you for the comments FifteencentKim! I am very pleased with your opinion of my writing, Just out of curiosity, what in particular did you not like as much. I know that no author can please every reader every time. Still, I would like to know what works and what doesn't work. I''m glad you picked up on the way I use background details. Nothing stops a story faster than an info dump. Even when they are necessary, they should be as painless as possible. This was one of my earlier collections, I've improved as a writer since then, at least I like to think so.
Thank you again for your kind words -- Tina