Harry Steinman's Blog - Posts Tagged "plot"
Show Or Tell? You Choose.
Fair warning.
If you enjoy character development, you'll probably like Little Deadly Things. If that’s not your cup of meat, then take heed: the story begins in the reading present and then moves back in time to examine the childhood of the main characters.
The outer tale is a technothriller, high-tech sci-fi. The inner story is an exploration of how adults cope with the angry residue of a childhood time served under abusive or feckless parents.
I use a lot of ink to on the back stories of the characters. Otherwise the villain is a two-dimensional cliché. Even the hheroine has character flaws. These annoyed some readers. They annoyed me, too, as the character evolved.
If you want your story to move from Point A to Point Z in strict alphabetical order, then Little Deadly Things may frustrate you.
If you want to watch the characters grow, then read the book.
I do prefer to entertain than to irritate and hope I provide more of the former than the latter.
If you enjoy character development, you'll probably like Little Deadly Things. If that’s not your cup of meat, then take heed: the story begins in the reading present and then moves back in time to examine the childhood of the main characters.
The outer tale is a technothriller, high-tech sci-fi. The inner story is an exploration of how adults cope with the angry residue of a childhood time served under abusive or feckless parents.
I use a lot of ink to on the back stories of the characters. Otherwise the villain is a two-dimensional cliché. Even the hheroine has character flaws. These annoyed some readers. They annoyed me, too, as the character evolved.
If you want your story to move from Point A to Point Z in strict alphabetical order, then Little Deadly Things may frustrate you.
If you want to watch the characters grow, then read the book.
I do prefer to entertain than to irritate and hope I provide more of the former than the latter.
