tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10583449.post112891360333783935..comments2023-09-23T04:56:51.617-07:00Comments on Forensics & Faith: Follow-up Questions~ Brandilyn Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04771812607327238979noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10583449.post-1129001787499969472005-10-10T20:36:00.000-07:002005-10-10T20:36:00.000-07:00Thank you for addressing my question. I think I ha...Thank you for addressing my question. I think I have done about the best I can with the beginning because it is the note that turns her normal boring world on it's ear. I then show her going about her normal life and trying to deal with the escalating danger. <BR/>Don't you know, after the creaking stairs incident...your suspense books are on my reference shelf? :0)<BR/>A Gun-Toting BG<BR/>PammerPammerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01883119904346766083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10583449.post-1128984387967676812005-10-10T15:46:00.000-07:002005-10-10T15:46:00.000-07:00Auh, I have almost the same question as D. Grudger...Auh, I have almost the same question as D. Grudger. In the Prologue, the I.I. is using another country as a guinea pig, and the success of this test propels us into the attack on the US. But that doesn't happen till several chapters later????<BR/><BR/>One more question please! I haven't been on your site that long. Have you addressed synopsis?Bonnie S. Calhounhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11769607640246518804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10583449.post-1128963464745427662005-10-10T09:57:00.000-07:002005-10-10T09:57:00.000-07:00I think my two plots are so tightly intertwined I'...I think my two plots are so tightly intertwined I'm having trouble figuring out which is a subplot. I know the kidnapping is the external conflict and the ex is the internal conflict. But the ex becomes a target in the kidnapping, so the two plots seem to merge into one. I guess I should have started with a less complicated plot :)Gina Conroyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13647753231391009981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10583449.post-1128959570821161392005-10-10T08:52:00.000-07:002005-10-10T08:52:00.000-07:00If the I.I. happens apart from the main character ...If the I.I. happens apart from the main character who becomes entangled later on, is it okay to start the first chapter/paragraph/sentence with the character's entanglement with the I.I. and then sprinkle the I.I. in as back-story throughout the novel?D. Gudgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00258476859577815477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10583449.post-1128922639769162282005-10-09T22:37:00.000-07:002005-10-09T22:37:00.000-07:00Taking into account that I'm a suspense reader and...Taking into account that I'm a suspense reader and not a sci-fi, historical romance, or women's fiction fan, I personally only give a book a couple pages before I decide if it's interesting enough to continue. If nothing exciting or different or intriguing happens in those first two pages, I'm not buying the book.<BR/><BR/>That's the way I write. But is there such a thing as too little time devoted to help the reader understand and empathize with your character? <BR/><BR/>Some sorts of characters are easier to empathize with--a child in jeopardy, say, like in Brink of Death. In that prologue, I immediately cared about Erin because she was a young girl in danger. She could have been a brat at school and a terror to the neighborhood, but I didn't care in those first pages--just knowing she was a child and threatened was enough to pull at my emotions for her.<BR/><BR/>But what about other types of characters? How do you determine the fine line between too much information and too little info to gain reader sympathy?Camy Tanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14577747925320907186noreply@blogger.com