-Reblogged- Beware of the Deadly Info Dumps in Your Novel: 3 Signs to Watch For
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April 19, 2016, 10:17 am
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Filed under: Reblogged Content, Writing Tips | Tags: info dump, show don't tell, writing, writing tips
The awful info dump…this is one that I have a hard time with in my own writing. Great post by Cindy Fazzi.
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Countless writing books, articles, and workshops tell us to avoid the deadly “info dumps” and flashbacks when writing a novel. And yet, I recently read two well-publicized literary novels, which to my dismay turned out to be info-dump fests. It took me forever to finish the first book, while I simply gave up on the second. Moral lesson: Beware of info dumps, even if you’re writing literary fiction.
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I would be terrible at this if I was a writer.
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Comment by Walker April 19, 2016 @ 11:24 amAw I bet you’d do better than you think you would.
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Comment by Katrina April 19, 2016 @ 12:19 pmGreat reminder. Thanks!
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Comment by Karina Pinella April 19, 2016 @ 9:41 pm