tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-686226414739675920.post6592584252898060297..comments2023-07-24T07:33:42.245-06:00Comments on One Hand Clapping: First Workshop ExperienceDoug Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05554340882842070748noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-686226414739675920.post-32332902174085921842009-09-02T12:13:08.113-06:002009-09-02T12:13:08.113-06:00"You can't introduce moral dilemnas for a..."You can't introduce moral dilemnas for a character that the readers haven't invested themselves in yet."<br /><br />This is profound and bears thinking about. Hey, good analysis here.<br /><br />I noticed in _The Lies of Locke Lamora_ that the author threw in more exposition in chunks in the second half. It felt right: like he'd spent plenty of time establishing relationships and making us like the characters, and then we were interested in farther-afield details of the gov't etc and ready to hear those later; also he might have been using those to delay the ending a bit, create some tension.Aaron DaMommiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16065877179875338395noreply@blogger.com