Writing, blogging, musing…
I was reading a writer’s magazine this morning with my coffee and this line shot out at me; ”Telling a story is not about giving away information, but about withholding it.”
I found that to be so true. In the revision stages of my current novel, my editor in New York was always drilling into me how I gave too much away. (Although that was early in my career…lol) She showed me numerous ways I could take a certain amount of information and slice off the excess to have not only a honed piece of work, but also information I thought was needed was removed.
“Doesn’t the reader need to know that?” I would ask.
“Sure,” she would say. “But you can tell them that part later. It’ll make them read on to find out.”
Another thing I saw in this magazine was an article from Noah Lukeman. Great piece about complex characters. At the end there was a blurb about Noah and that he’s a literary agent in New York and how many books he’s written on writing. The reason I mention this is because of the free offer that was posted there.
He’s written an e-book titled “How to Write a Great Query”. He has made it available for writers at no cost at www.writeagreatquery.com
I checked it out. It’s free for a one time only download. I have yet to read all of it, but so far it looks awesome.
Keep writing…
All the best,
Daryl