[stylist] background from Helene

[helene ryles]

Judith,
I'm trying to aim for that. I've just been working on chapter two again.

Helene

On 22/09/2009, Judith Bron <jbron at optonline.net> wrote:
> The relationships between your characters should come out through their
> interaction.  Their backgrounds and personalities should come out in the
> same way.  If you are writing about their backgrounds independently from the
> manuscript then you are missing something in your telling of the story.
> Judith
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "helene ryles" <dreamavdb at googlemail.com>
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>> 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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