He gave a few other helpful tips that I thought I would pass on:
Exposition has to come in response to a character's emotion or else it will seem out of place and take away from the story. If you have it in the wrong place it will pull the reader out and make them disinterested. For example, I explain some of the rules of my fantasy world right in the middle of a tense scene, but he suggested I move it after the character has a little bit of an emotional release, to when Kiana can really think about why no one can cry in her world instead of thinking about it when she should be worried about the danger in the opening scene.
And he said the more complex your characters/story can be, the better (which is kind of a "duh," but still helpful to be reminded of), and he suggested a way to make Kiana more complicated as a character, as well as a few of my other characters. So hooray. I have work to do!
Hope you all have a great weekend with lots of happy writing!
Btw, if anyone is interested, Eric's website is here: http://www.ericelfmancoaching.com/
Btw, if anyone is interested, Eric's website is here: http://www.ericelfmancoaching.com/
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Yay! Sounds like a really positive response.
Cortney - Sounds like great advice! Good luck with your story!
So nice to get such great advice-- especially when it's tailored to your book! And I think his exposition and complexity advice is spot on for everyone.
Thanks, guys! :D
Great tips! I almost want to hire an editor BEFORE sending it off to an agent, would that be weird?
J.A., no not weird at all, in fact, I wish I'd done it before I submitted to agents because then my story would have been completely ready (even though I thought it was), and maybe I'd have an agent by now!
Great advice! That is so cool that you got his feedback on your chapters. It will help you with your entire MS.
Sounds like great advice! That kind of feedback is worth more than gold. Good luck!
Thanks for sharing your experience, sounds like you got a lot out of it!
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It's always helpful to get a professional's advice on our work, thanks for sharing :)
Great advice! :)
Sounds like you got some great feedback! Good luck with the continued writing!
Wow, he sounds terrific! Isn't it nice to have a direction to work:)
It is nice and super helpful, thanks guys!
I'm dealing with that now. I need to make some characters more complex in my wip. Great advice.
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