Let’s honestly admit something that has been left unsaid for too long: glossaries are put there for idiots.
At least that what it seems like. Does any book really need an explanation of the words and acronyms at the end of the book?
Wait, some actually do?
Seriously, fantasy writers and video game designers… just stop. Really. Stop. Think about what you’re doing before proceeding.
You know that one book where society has crumbled into nothingness, dark forces rule the world in a totalitarian mess where people are almost universally oppressed, and it’s up to the very, very few special people to change the world into something better?
That ONE book?
What’s the title again?
Writing is easy. Rewriting is NOT NOT NOT! I am continuing to fill out the details and locating the characters in time and space. This means working with all the fiddly-bit details that are necessary but not very sexy to write.
Some wonderful artists are terrible, terrible people.
For instance, Theodor Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss. There is no question on how wonderful his children’s books are. There is also no question that he had an affair while his wife was dying of cancer, thus driving his wife to suicide. He married his mistress shortly afterwards. They then ditched his new wife’s kids from a previous marriage because “Ted would not have been happy with them.”
Every time I get out, they pull me back in! I thought I was done with chapter six. Oh boy, was I wrong. I had to go back and complete the action, then set things up for the next chapter. NOW I am ready to move onto chapter seven.
Please pay no attention to the title of this piece. It was written for illustrative purposes only. This article is about humor in narrative.
The BIGGEST minutiae 