: Re: How to best pace information reveals to the reader Some of my beta comments fall under the category of 'I the reader am frustrated by what I do not know' - and I've gotten this comment in

There are "odd things", and there are "mysteries". Mysteries are supposed to get the audience on the hook, and get explained at some point later. Odd things just happen without explanation, and characters move on like nothing happened, whereas audience is left wondering about them.

Are you sure your readers immediately identify "odd things" as "mysteries", and not something odd, which would probably never going to be explained?

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: As with many solutions for dealing with the awkwardness of gender pronouns, you may find the simplest approach is to "react according to presentation" Eg: if a person is secretly female and

: Is it necessary to use chapters for fiction? Life doesn't happen in chapters â€” at least, not regular ones. Nor do movies. Homer didn't write in chapters. I can see what their purpose

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