Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Mon, Jan 25 2010
What's a trip without scenery?
One of the reasons I never enjoyed golf is because playing golf is full of built-in distractions. Most courses are quite scenic and are barely noticed as people put their gaze on the ball and concentrate on their swing or putt. I suppose people might be enjoying the scenery in a peripheral sense, but I find it frustrating to concentrate on the swings and the scores when I'd really rather be enjoying that scenery. The problem is that I have just enough of a competitive nature that I can't do that as long as I know I'm expected to be working toward a low score.
When we write fiction we have the goal of making it a good read for the reader. We have to deliver the plot by pacing, a little like playing 18 holes of golf. We also have the goal of keeping the reader interested long enough to actually enjoy the story enough to read to the end of it. If we're in too much of a hurry to get the reader to the end of the story we might make them miss the details of the scenery along the way. For some people, the destination is only as great as the trip to get there.
posted at: 22:03 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
One of the reasons I never enjoyed golf is because playing golf is full of built-in distractions. Most courses are quite scenic and are barely noticed as people put their gaze on the ball and concentrate on their swing or putt. I suppose people might be enjoying the scenery in a peripheral sense, but I find it frustrating to concentrate on the swings and the scores when I'd really rather be enjoying that scenery. The problem is that I have just enough of a competitive nature that I can't do that as long as I know I'm expected to be working toward a low score.
When we write fiction we have the goal of making it a good read for the reader. We have to deliver the plot by pacing, a little like playing 18 holes of golf. We also have the goal of keeping the reader interested long enough to actually enjoy the story enough to read to the end of it. If we're in too much of a hurry to get the reader to the end of the story we might make them miss the details of the scenery along the way. For some people, the destination is only as great as the trip to get there.
posted at: 22:03 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
