Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-35711173-20180828001306/@comment-5733573-20180829204034

DrBobSmith wrote:

Why mention the smoking regulations? It was an attempt to date Henderson. That's another section I have to rewrite. This really doesn't work if nobody knows what it means. What we're looking for at that point in the story is not how far back the characters date, but a sense of who they are. Honestly, the image of someone smoking inside an office isn't surprising enough to the average reader to warrant explanation.