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<blockquote data-quote="Eeralai" data-source="post: 2557874" data-attributes="member: 15008">Joshua Dyal, I'm in the dialogue group here, but it is also important to figure out what aspects of the world need to be shown and what don't.&nbsp; What worked for me was completing the whole book and then going back and cutting out the stuff that seemed important at the time, but really wasn't.&nbsp; Another helpful technique, for me, is writing short stories.&nbsp; If I give myself a 5000 word limit or so, I really have to hone in right away on what is important and what is not.&nbsp; Then when I sit down to write a book, I feel like I have more breathing room, but I also know better what doesn't even need to be written in a first draft.&nbsp; If you really feel the need to have an &quot;information dump&quot; I'd do it, get on with the rest of the novel and then go back and see places where you can fit things in better.&nbsp; Just getting the book done is a major accomplishment in which you will learn a lot; one of the things you will learn is there is still a lot to be learned.And for everyone, it looks like sign-ups for Fall Ceramic DM are going to be happening tonight.&nbsp; I encourage all writers to give that a try.&nbsp; There is a world to be learned taking 4 unrelated pictures and making a story out of them in 72 hours.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Eeralai, post: 2557874, member: 15008"] Joshua Dyal, I'm in the dialogue group here, but it is also important to figure out what aspects of the world need to be shown and what don't. What worked for me was completing the whole book and then going back and cutting out the stuff that seemed important at the time, but really wasn't. Another helpful technique, for me, is writing short stories. If I give myself a 5000 word limit or so, I really have to hone in right away on what is important and what is not. Then when I sit down to write a book, I feel like I have more breathing room, but I also know better what doesn't even need to be written in a first draft. If you really feel the need to have an "information dump" I'd do it, get on with the rest of the novel and then go back and see places where you can fit things in better. Just getting the book done is a major accomplishment in which you will learn a lot; one of the things you will learn is there is still a lot to be learned. And for everyone, it looks like sign-ups for Fall Ceramic DM are going to be happening tonight. I encourage all writers to give that a try. There is a world to be learned taking 4 unrelated pictures and making a story out of them in 72 hours. [/QUOTE]

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