Paksworld

When writing fast,  I often write “what happened” and not “where/when/how/why”–without much context.  Sometimes whole important conversations, because I’m “hearing” the people talking to one another, without any guide to who said what.

This requires backfilling.    Scenes must have context (physical, emotional, whatever else is needed) and transitions from previous scenes.  Conversations that run on for a couple of pages with no “he said/she said” or “[name] said/ [othername] said”  lead to reader confusion…and lack the cues to reaction to the previous speaker’s words.

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