When too much of the Author intrudes into the story

Writers in the Storm asked me to write a post about writing, so my disgruntled Reader-self prodded and poked until I wrote about some of the things I don’t like to read…and try very hard not to write.

‘I don’t know about you, but when I read fiction, I want to be carried away to another place and time. I want to meet new, larger-than-life characters who do things I could never manage myself. It’s just me and the story.

When the author intrudes, however, all I get is ‘aren’t I funny? aren’t I cool? aren’t I clever?’ To which my answer is inevitably…no. I want to read the story, not the author’s ego fest.’

acflory on Writers in the Storm: https://writersinthestormblog.com/2023/05/when-too-much-of-the-author-intrudes-into-the-story/#comment-158672

Please come read the post on Writers in the Storm where I unleash my Grumpy Old Lady to the max.

cheers,
Meeks

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