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To: Eleutheria5
Yo. Here I am again. I see there has been some discussion on varying the apporach in writing to keep the reader's interest.

I think I mentioned it before but shifting between narrative summary and a direct scene is important.

I try to keep chapters to about ten pages although that's not always possible.

Carton thanks for the heads up.

But it is really important not to have one direct scene after another.

By the way Cormac McCarthy won the Pulitzer which makes me happy, very happy for him.

Another question, do any of you often read the reader's comments on Amazon?

361 posted on 04/19/2007 7:41:03 AM PDT by squarebarb ("He that keepeth Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps." Psalm 121)
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To: squarebarb

I do all the time.


362 posted on 04/19/2007 8:56:52 AM PDT by carton253 (I've cried tears and stayed the same.)
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To: squarebarb
But it is really important not to have one direct scene after another.

Can you explain what you mean by that?

363 posted on 04/19/2007 8:58:03 AM PDT by carton253 (I've cried tears and stayed the same.)
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To: squarebarb

So far, nobody’s left any. But the book’s been out there only two months.


397 posted on 04/21/2007 7:20:58 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
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