Contract with the reader

[RK Wallis]

I thought this apt:

Whenever you tell a story, you make an implicit contract with the reader. Within the first few paragraphs or pages, you tell the reader implicitly what kind of story this is going to be; the reader then knows what to expect, and holds the thread of that structure throughout the tale.

Pg 70 Orsen Scott Card, Characters and Viewpoint

 

[Stacey]

I thought this apt:

Whenever you tell a story, you make an implicit contract with the reader. Within the first few paragraphs or pages, you tell the reader implicitly what kind of story this is going to be; the reader then knows what to expect, and holds the thread of that structure throughout the tale.

Pg 70 Orsen Scott Card, Characters and Viewpoint

This book should be coming in the mail tomorrow. I'm excited about digging in.

 

[RK Wallis]

This book should be coming in the mail tomorrow. I'm excited about digging in.

I read it 4 years ago, and in reading it again now, I feel I'm taking in even more

 

[Rich.]

Whenever you tell a story, you make an implicit contract with the reader.

I agree, and I think it extends to finishing stories you've started (lookin' at you George Arrrrrrrrrrrrh Arrrrrrrrrrh Em).