Timeline for Working with hints/clues - Show vs Tell vs Nothing -ish
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| Apr 13, 2018 at 7:32 | comment | added | storbror | Interesting point about the character vs. the reader. So far I've not given any hints solely for the reader, so I'm fairly convinced that this scene should be rewritten through her perspective. | |
| Apr 11, 2018 at 21:22 | comment | added | Amadeus | I imagine that even if she is no longer aware of it, she may not have "forgotten all about it," she may be reminded of it later when the clues come together for her. My personal policy is to not give clues that mean something only to the reader. You were on the right track with showing only what they experience / think / do / say. | |
| Apr 11, 2018 at 19:37 | comment | added | storbror | I follow the idea that the reader either picks up the hint or not - That's also one of the reasont I have so many small hints. The fact that she has forgotten is not the hint. It's there to signal to the reader that she is no longer aware of 'the hint' or paying it any thoughts. | |
| Apr 11, 2018 at 19:28 | history | answered | Amadeus | CC BY-SA 3.0 |