The Kick-Ass Writer: 1001 Ways to Write Great Fiction, Get Published, and Earn Your Audience by Wendig Chuck

Author:Wendig, Chuck [Wendig, Chuck]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
ISBN: 9781599637730
Publisher: Writer's Digest Books
Published: 2013-10-17T00:00:00+00:00

3. Establish That Shit Early, Then Reveal Gradually

You don’t want to keep the reader in the dark as to the setting because it’s disorienting and disconcerting. Even if the character on the page doesn’t know, you the author sure do, and it’s up to you to provide those hints (“She hears a church bell ringing and smells the heady stink of hobo musk”). You don’t need to spend two paragraphs outlining setting right from the get-go, though — we just need that filmic establishing shot to say, “Ohh, okay, we’re in a convenience store next door to an insane asylum. Boom, got it.” Then, as you write, over time you reveal more details about setting as they become important to the story. Revealing setting should be a sexy striptease act. A little flash of skin that gradually uncovers the midriff, then the thighs, then the curve of the OH MY GOD SHE HAS A TENTACLE IT’S GOT MY MMGPPHABRABglurk

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