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 Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:06 am
So... i keep running into this with most of the things i've write...
i put in details and descriptions and give the reader wot i feel are blatant clues as to wot's going on, but my beta readers keep giving me these dull, blank looks. i'm torn... is my writing really just that bad or are my readers--no offense to them--really just lacking in brainpower in this regard? Are they just not thinking or am i not being clear enough?
Should we just spoon feed are readers the plots or do we keep writing as we desire to? :/
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Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 6:23 pm
Hmm... I say, make a something that SEEMS to be the plot, and is obvious, and then near the end just bring out the REAL plot. ^_^
...did that make sense?
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Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 11:03 pm
Makes sense, but doesn't really answer the question... Even in that example, are you spoonfeeding your plot to the readers? Is that the way to go? Just give them the answers? Even if at first the answers are hidden beneath a red herring.....
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Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 12:45 pm
I have the same problem when writing, and, as I have highly intelligent readers, I tend to blame it on myself. Still, I always limit myself to explaining what the main character knows, whether or not it makes the situation confusing. If the main character is confused, the reader should be, too.
That's just my take on things, though.
Have a nice day!
~ Moya
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Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 4:33 pm
LOL. My plot line's just to long. There are a number of things that have to happen in detail before i can move on, so my actual plotline is buried so deep, it hasn't emerged yet. Hence my readers look at me quizically and state, 'you're going a bit fast'. But i'm a quarter of the way into an average book and i haven't finished explaining what needs to be explained. So i have to move fast.
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Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:46 pm
Do your best to make the transition from the reader's lacking in knowledge to their knowing the truth behind the story gradual if possible. Complicated plotlines and themes may be tempting, but go over what you've written/planned out and see if any pieces are not relevant to the overall story or theme, and if possible, take them out. Then see how the story functions without them. I find it generally makes the story somewhat clearer.
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