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   Nicky to All   
   Re: Does this click?   
   16 Sep 14 02:41:43   
   
   From: nicky.matthews@btinternet.com   
      
   I wrote   
   > >You'd have to do an exceptionally good job to make me believe in this as a   
   reader.   
   >   
   >   
   Jymesion   
   > This aspect isn't in the story, exactly.   
   >   
   But it has to be implicit in your world building and the reader usually needs   
   to be able to join the dots of the society in order for it to make sense.   
   Everything has to be there underpinning the action.   
      
   > The opening began as a writing exercise focusing on different methods   
   >   
   > of description. It was not meant to go beyond that.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > Unexpectedly, an interesting twist came along. So I had to backstory   
   >   
   > the setting and change a few little things in the opening. The   
   >   
   > corporation's structure/rules is part of that backstory.   
   >   
   It's great when that happens.   
   >   
   > I'm not sure where the story's going to go, but I seriously doubt a   
   >   
   > description of the corporate culture is going to appear except as what   
   >   
   > I know about the characters.   
      
   Infodumps are to be avoided, but the material might still need to be there by   
   implication.   
      
   Nicky   
      
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