by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
I gave the very first scene of the novel to two readers and they said, effectively, that there was just too much going on.
Sigh.
So. I guess I will split the scene into two and try to flesh these two new scenes out in a way that doesn’t throw too much at the reader. I really like the first scene as-is, but for two readers to tell me I’m throwing too much at them is enough to give me pause for thought.
I don’t know quite when I will really do this, though. I will probably wait until I’ve stabilized the entire novel first. That’s the most pressing thing at the moment — to get a novel that hangs together.
