A
student in my online classes is writing a futuristic thriller about
memory loss. I've enjoyed reading her chapters in class and so have her
classmates. But recently she emailed me about some feedback she'd
received that she didn't understand. She said she couldn't find much
information about online, so she was hoping I could help her with what
to do with the comments.
Readers
have told her that her writing can be dense and hard to get into. As a
thriller writer--and someone who is very comfortable with action
scenes--this confused her. "For my book to be accessible I want to make
it as quick and easy to read as possible," she told me. "I've tried
to make it fast paced because that grabs people's attention."
