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By: S. E. Myers

S. E. Myers — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 15:41:02 +0000

Thank you for this! I

By: J. Lenni Dorner

J. Lenni Dorner — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 06:06:59 +0000

This was a very informative post. I feel that I have not read these tips before. Thank you for sharing!

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By: Matthew Trull

Matthew Trull — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 02:29:39 +0000

Good information Kristen. Info dump is not where I am faltering, rather I have 7 main characters in my story. And as you say, I’ve got to think more about the reader remembering who they are. Thanks for the insight.

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By: Danielle Bannister

Danielle Bannister — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 11:40:48 +0000

What are you thoughts on naming characters with the same first letter. Like two MC that start with J for instance. That drives me nuts! My brain can’t handle the similarity, just change the names to they aren’t so similar, yet I see it all the time!

By: Brenda Hasse

Brenda Hasse — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 12:07:03 +0000

Great advise!!! I have reposted for others to see. Yes, weaving information into your story instead of dumping it all at once is a must. Dumping information gives the reader too many details at one time and bogs down the flow of the story. As a writer, I try and choose character names that are easy to read. I find, as a reader, I skip over character names that are difficult to read and force me to slow the tempo of my reading. The Emotion Thesaurus sounds like a handy resource for those times my mind becomes redundant. Thanks for posting this information!

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Mind Sieve 7/16/12 « Gloria Oliver — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 11:26:30 +0000

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