: Re: When to be specific and when to let context fill in the holes? Some examples: Half-crouching, I went over to the railing and pointed my flashlight down (to the ground). It was approximately
My thought is, if you can remove the text (which you've bolded) and it still makes sense — that is, if there is no other reasonable interpretation — you can take it out.
Can Cath reasonably cover her nose with her knee? with a bandana? If not, you're fine.
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: No, you can only do that if you're making some sort of break or shift in narrative style. If the story switches to a dream, for instance, or if the characters enter a Fae realm or another
: If you can't boil down your novel into a logline (or "elevator pitch," which is how I learned it), then you may actually have a problem with your novel. You've provided the structure of
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