http://bethestory.com/2006/01/30/stupid-story-mistakes You are the stories you write. Tue, 13 Dec 2011 03:17:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://bethestory.com/2006/01/30/stupid-story-mistakes/comment-page-1#comment-20438 The Christmas Meme » J. Timothy King's Blog Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:39:15 +0000 http://bethestory.com/?p=45#comment-20438 [...] you may remember, this isn’t the first episode of Roswell that inspires me, and not the first episode of Roswell whose story I’ve commented on or critiqued. (And clearly, the 4th episode of the 1st season is my favorite of the series, but that’s not [...] [...] you may remember, this isn’t the first episode of Roswell that inspires me, and not the first episode of Roswell whose story I’ve commented on or critiqued. (And clearly, the 4th episode of the 1st season is my favorite of the series, but that’s not [...]

]]> http://bethestory.com/2006/01/30/stupid-story-mistakes/comment-page-1#comment-57 be the story » Info Dumps Suck Sat, 04 Feb 2006 17:42:41 +0000 http://bethestory.com/?p=45#comment-57 [...] This can be counted another Stupid Story Mistake. Summer posted at the Kick Ass Mystic Ninjas about a discussion between her, Jack Mangan, and Mur Lafferty about info dumps, long descriptive passages in the middle of a story, also called core dumps, expository lumps, death to the reader. Mur should visit us at be the story. She may not even be in the minority. Info dumps suck. Yet writers seem to be addicted to them. [...] [...] This can be counted another Stupid Story Mistake. Summer posted at the Kick Ass Mystic Ninjas about a discussion between her, Jack Mangan, and Mur Lafferty about info dumps, long descriptive passages in the middle of a story, also called core dumps, expository lumps, death to the reader. Mur should visit us at be the story. She may not even be in the minority. Info dumps suck. Yet writers seem to be addicted to them. [...]

]]> http://bethestory.com/2006/01/30/stupid-story-mistakes/comment-page-1#comment-55 be the story » Spellbound by Nora Roberts Fri, 03 Feb 2006 03:03:37 +0000 http://bethestory.com/?p=45#comment-55 [...] The most egregious thing she does is to switch viewpoint, right in the middle of a scene, right in the middle of a paragraph. The first time it happened, I thought, “Ooh! A great example for my “Stupid Story Mistakes” podcast. But then she did it again, and again, and again. Maybe I should’ve used it as a stupid story mistake anyway. I think I may have a new pet peeve. [...] [...] The most egregious thing she does is to switch viewpoint, right in the middle of a scene, right in the middle of a paragraph. The first time it happened, I thought, “Ooh! A great example for my “Stupid Story Mistakes” podcast. But then she did it again, and again, and again. Maybe I should’ve used it as a stupid story mistake anyway. I think I may have a new pet peeve. [...]

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