[stylist] background from Helene

[Judith Bron]

Sounds good.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "helene ryles" <dreamavdb at googlemail.com>
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Subject: Re: [stylist] background from Helene


> I'm still working on the first few chapters to incorperate background
> in a way that is readable. The first chapter should get people's
> interest. Then the second chapter is written from Liza's point of view
> which contains more back ground. The third is her first meeting with
> Nadia, and the fourth is Nadia speaking for herself as a little girl.
>
> Helene
>
> On 21/09/2009, helene ryles <dreamavdb at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Judith,
>> What do you mean exactly?
>>
>> Helene
>>
>> On 21/09/2009, Judith Bron <jbron at optonline.net> wrote:
>>> Helene, Your background information about your characters and
>>> relationships
>>> as you told them to us is fine, but most readers aren't going to sit 
>>> down
>>> to
>>> a new book and read chapters about background information about them.
>>> Your
>>> book is a novel.  The characters, their roles and relationships should 
>>> be
>>> obvious to your readers without a manual to guide them through the book.
>>> Hope this is helpful, Judith
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