not important stuff!

by Tiago Silva
23rd January 2014

Should I put the same effort in "problems" that don't really matter for the story, but make the story a bit more interesting that I do with the hole story?

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Ya... I did... but thank you!

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Tiago Silva
25/01/2014

Hi Tiago.

I would say t depends if your story is a novel or a short story. For a novel going off at a tangent doesn't matter providing it is relevant to the outcome.

A short story needs few distractions or it looks like padding. Minor distractions having a effect on the outcome of your story are permissible.

By the way you meant the whole story didn't you?

best wishes.

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Rosa Johnson
24/01/2014

Thank you very much

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