tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010942979784569627.post6620883455712997184..comments2024-02-06T04:20:38.551-08:00Comments on Reading, Writing, Revising: Important Irrelevant DetailsLisa Ecksteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11469107523441985396noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010942979784569627.post-13922262399079280952011-12-17T14:51:20.626-08:002011-12-17T14:51:20.626-08:00Becky, you point out something that I was starting...Becky, you point out something that I was starting to think about as I wrote this post, which is that I was really dealing with two different issues, or maybe looking at one issue from a direction that was confusing me.<br /><br />I agree that it's a problem when characters appear out of nowhere, or reappear after hundreds of pages of absence. So for that reason alone, it's important to insert some mentions of the grandparents between their major appearances. It's not so much that the reader needs to know about all the travel plans of the characters, it's that I need to make sure the important people in the characters' lives don't entirely disappear from the story when they aren't being used.<br /><br />Thanks for your comment that helped me clarify my thoughts!Lisa Ecksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11469107523441985396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6010942979784569627.post-7416083228288695682011-12-17T08:38:57.959-08:002011-12-17T08:38:57.959-08:00Thanks for the shout-out, Lisa. Glad you liked Mar...Thanks for the shout-out, Lisa. Glad you liked Mary's post.<br /><br />I have to tell you that THIS reader would totally appreciate your "seeding" the grandparents before their important scene. It's one of my pet peeves when a story doesn't have that kind of balance, when characters show up out of nowhere/nowhen! It IS more of a believable world when they're already part of it, even with just a few words. So...thank you! :)Becky Levinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08406002037226319543noreply@blogger.com