tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878752953637981313.post1308806680108559863..comments2023-10-15T03:16:44.927-06:00Comments on Suspense Novelist: When to Play 'em, When to Hold 'emPeg Brantleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04906858123466177508noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878752953637981313.post-78591229767194459032011-08-14T17:52:11.574-06:002011-08-14T17:52:11.574-06:00Good luck to you on that quandary, Fran. It's ...Good luck to you on that quandary, Fran. It's such a fine balance between boring your regular readers and confusing your new ones. If you come up with a formula, let me know!Peg Brantleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04906858123466177508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878752953637981313.post-36236202298175708542011-08-14T15:06:26.123-06:002011-08-14T15:06:26.123-06:00Because I write a mystery series set in a small to...Because I write a mystery series set in a small town, there's been quite a buildup of town folk over the course of the first five books. Now that I'm just about done with #6, I'm wondering if brand new readers will be overwhelmed by all those names. I've tried to give the different characters varying traits -- how they speak or walk, for instance -- but I've puzzled over how much of their backgrounds to give up front.<br /><br />Still working on it!Fran Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01230580828240178414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878752953637981313.post-37321082704021379032011-08-14T08:42:37.271-06:002011-08-14T08:42:37.271-06:00My cps and I used "RUE" a lot. Resiste t...My cps and I used "RUE" a lot. Resiste the Urge to Explain.<br /><br />My particular challenge with this one—at the moment—is more the introduction of other characters before they should be introduced. Pacing (slowing things down) is often my biggest struggle.Peg Brantleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04906858123466177508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878752953637981313.post-23729369502118825392011-08-13T16:53:02.818-06:002011-08-13T16:53:02.818-06:00OMG I'm so guilty of this and always have been...OMG I'm so guilty of this and always have been. My agent always tells me "you don't have to explain so much." It's a habit I'm still trying to break. But at least you can cut it out after you write it. Sometimes you need to overwrite just to cement the info in your own head before moving forward. That's how I look at it anyway.Karen Duvallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01839711547501582977noreply@blogger.com