Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-36070549-20190502221204/@comment-36070549-20190507002125

BloodySpghetti wrote: My suggestion would be; write the whole thing and then bring it here.

After that we can talk.

I do think you're starting out a little too hot... As a reader, I don't want to be thrown into the action straight away, unless the story is very short and the whole plot is "the action". Otherwise you should establish who are the characters, what are their goals and conflicts and what is the background etc. As it is now you just throw us at the ending of the "The Thing" in a way. That's not a great way to start a longer story. If you plan on going backwards in the plot and using this as an eye catching exposition; then maybe. I might think about that. I am just starting out and it might be better to get some time to look over what I want to write for this one. But yeah you are right, I do need to cool it down a bit for this one. I think I need to do a slow burn for this one or at least get some time for build up.