Every writer is a reader too (or should be). What happens when, as a reader, you find a mistake that leaves you puzzled? The magic relationship with the story you were reading is suddenly broken, isn't it?
Let's read and discuss the following post by WriteDivas:
What Stops Me In My Tracks When I’m Reading?
WriteDivas shows how plot holes, dangling participles, and other mistakes can ruin your book.
Thanks to Camilla who found this post by WriteDivas!
Hey there!
ReplyDeleteI really liked this article. I have to admit I was nodding my head as I read. How about this one for an inconstancy: An otherwise good book I read recently, which I won’t name, was set in New York City in 1911. Two real events--the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in Manhattan and the Dreamland fire in Coney Island--were worked into the plot and nicely handled. I love it when an author creates a plot around things that really happened like that. However, at one point the narrator reflects on the Spanish Flu epidemic, which any Twilight fan knows happened in 1918. I had to read the paragraph a few times because I thought I had to be mistaken. Threw me right out of the world the author had created.
Till next time,
Mollie
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All the best,
- Raum