: Re: Is it a good idea to start each chapter with a snippet from a fictional book? I am writing a fantasy story in a medieval-like time. There is a lot of information I want to share with my

This is something that has been done successfully in the past by authors like Douglas Adams and Frank Herbert, but it has to be done just right or you'll run the risk of annoying readers, like you said.

If you end a chapter in a cliffhanger, and then begin the next chapter with a five paragraph essay on the boll weevil and its habitat, you'll probably find that people will skip it.

You should go ahead and write out the rough draft the way you want it, and then send it through your beta readers and see what their reaction is. If they universally hate it, then you'll have your answer.

Load Full (0)

: Why would an agent request an exclusive submission? I understand why publishers often ask for exclusive submissions. They're counting on a story that has been submitted to them to be available

@Cugini967

Load Full 2 Comments

: Blog recommendations for children's book writers Any suggestions for blog websites for picture book writers. I am new in the field and I would like to find websites for writers of children's

@Cugini967

Load Full 1 Comments

: Hang on - where's the main conflict? I've recently been struggling with a very strange problem in my writing: I can't find the main conflict in my novels. This has inspired quite a bit of

@Cugini967

Load Full 4 Comments

: What genre would this fall under? Imagine a story in which the criminal is, from the very beginning, already known to the protagonist. Now the task is to find the criminal, but the target

: Re: Is it a good idea to start each chapter with a snippet from a fictional book? I am writing a fantasy story in a medieval-like time. There is a lot of information I want to share with my

More posts by @Cugini967

: Why would an agent request an exclusive submission? I understand why publishers often ask for exclusive submissions. They're counting on a story that has been submitted to them to be available

: Blog recommendations for children's book writers Any suggestions for blog websites for picture book writers. I am new in the field and I would like to find websites for writers of children's

: Hang on - where's the main conflict? I've recently been struggling with a very strange problem in my writing: I can't find the main conflict in my novels. This has inspired quite a bit of

: What genre would this fall under? Imagine a story in which the criminal is, from the very beginning, already known to the protagonist. Now the task is to find the criminal, but the target

Login to post a comment!

0 Comments

Back to top