: Re: Mother is writing a book, thinks writing her life stories is same as telling them My mother is a celebrity in a small niche world. Her contribution and experiences are wonderful and should

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I don't think there is anything wrong with her writing the book her way. Whenever I read one of those articles that Firefox recommends to me, I find that I'm drawn in by the title. But then the author drags on forever setting the stage. An example recently was about death row inmate interviews. I wanted to see what the death row inmates had to say, but about half the article was spent on how the interviewer felt leading up to and after the interviews. I felt like I got bait-and-switched. Setting the stage is definitely important for a novel, but I think it must be used sparingly in short-stories or anecdotes. Setting the stage can't take as long as the story itself.

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