In late 2016, we pushed a significant update to the product, resulting in the current dashboards that include Story Machine. Thad and I are hard at work on a product redesign focused on the overall author experience on Inkshares. We would love to get some early feedback from some of you. If you are interested, shoot me a DM on the site or like this comment.
Hey, A.C. My pleasure. There is certainly no definitive right or wrong answer on how to handle these challenges. You recognize the challenge yourself, are experimenting with how to address it, and engaging with an editor, all of which speaks to your commitment to the craft. And it is certainly better to prep the reader with the ground rules of your world early and to foreshadow key things. As my editor told me, don’t wait to set up the pins just before you knock them down. In latter rounds of revision you can then focus on how you might trim back.
One idea to consider in situations like in Chapter 3 where there is not a lot of action is perhaps record more of Alaudae’s emotional response to what he is hearing and learning (you do this quite well in some parts, but not so much in others where there is a lot of dialogue exchanged). Using his learning of these things to further strengthen his emotional connection with the reader is something to consider.
