tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post5130143049213083291..comments2024-03-27T21:43:43.640-05:00Comments on Operation Awesome: Are You Cheating Your Reader?Dena Pawlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14444683810125395220noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-56444692715783514512013-05-06T13:52:05.306-05:002013-05-06T13:52:05.306-05:00Lol are you talking about Keith? It sounds just li...Lol are you talking about Keith? It sounds just like that movie, which is actually a favorite of mine. Sorry if I'm wrong. I actually didn't feel that way about it. So it might be a personal viewer/reader's opinion of what they're waiting for. It's incredibly difficult to satisfy all readers. You just have to do your best and tell the story as you feel is satisfying to you. And hopefully it satisfies others, but there's never a guarantee. You definitely have to keep your readers in mind, but don't go guessing your story away. Use beta feedback to steer yourself in the right direction. Good post :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-81521699409920323532013-05-04T11:46:47.800-05:002013-05-04T11:46:47.800-05:00Has this happened? You bet. That's why foresha...Has this happened? You bet. That's why foreshadowing is so important! The ending needs to feel inevitable. I don't mind a surprise twist, but I don't like those endings that fizzle out. Also, I don't like books that put a hero through the wringer and then everything is wrapped up in two scant pages as if the author didn't have time to write more.LinWashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13041832821260168483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-68761198400136834742013-05-04T11:01:13.330-05:002013-05-04T11:01:13.330-05:00I read a mystery novel a year or two ago that I ab...I read a mystery novel a year or two ago that I absolutely loved and could not put down. This protagonist was looking for his missing girlfriend, the tension was building and building as the antagonist was drawing closer to her too, and then...<br /><br />... the antagonist was arrested off-screen, and the protagonist found out from a tertiary character. And then the book ends just as the protagonist sees his girlfriend, before they even speak. I was completely perplexed when I flipped the page and there wasn't any more. The anticlimactic nature of it might have been intentional, but I was still super frustrated!Becky Mahoneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16891727235981320025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-45652814569324936922013-05-04T09:58:05.217-05:002013-05-04T09:58:05.217-05:00This is a great thing to keep in mind, for sure. I...This is a great thing to keep in mind, for sure. I had a mini revelation when I realized in an early draft that something more interesting was happening "off screen" in my manuscript. From then on, I've tried to ask myself, "Is this the most interesting part of the story?" because that's what I should be showing! Lily Catehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17732112345439595471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-34975111564606737522013-05-04T09:57:46.952-05:002013-05-04T09:57:46.952-05:00Yes to both. Yes to both. JeffOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07947660745120963286noreply@blogger.com