tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6328686830983048190.post2039453697232459630..comments2013-04-30T13:52:47.692+12:00Comments on Confessions of a word carver. T. K. Roxborogh: Your responses pleaseTK Roxboroghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16396099477818776758noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6328686830983048190.post-8521657259104638402009-01-06T18:01:00.000+13:002009-01-06T18:01:00.000+13:00I don't think you really need heaps of big long bi...I don't think you really need heaps of big long bits of talking or thinking about the past because it just detracts from your story. It's good to include a little bit but not to much. With the family tree at the start if you make sure thats good then it reveals enough history for a reader to understand the story.<BR/>DanniAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6328686830983048190.post-89047872827585273552009-01-01T02:11:00.000+13:002009-01-01T02:11:00.000+13:00You have a very good point re the "Fleance doesn't...You have a very good point re the "Fleance doesn't know a lot of what happened and neither does the reader unfamiliar with the play" but personally, I'd just be irritated by the <I>lack</I> of inclusion of a backstory. Yea, I usually skip reading it, but if it were there was a preface or introduction or whatever, then it's not like the reader is <I>obligated</I> to read it, and those people who Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6328686830983048190.post-57904943860374983212008-12-31T10:56:00.000+13:002008-12-31T10:56:00.000+13:00I agree with Flavia!I agree with Flavia!Imyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03151775427089984052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6328686830983048190.post-38784337406044416212008-12-31T08:54:00.000+13:002008-12-31T08:54:00.000+13:00I think perhaps people would be a bit put off read...I think perhaps people would be a bit put off reading it if they didn't know the story of Macbeth... <BR/><BR/>Although, I started reading the drafts with no clue about what happened in Macbeth and went along just fine. I did wikipedia Macbeth a few days ago just to be sure, it was very interesting but I don't think it really helped all that much after I was fifteen chapters into the story.<BR/><flaviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05123073162072539798noreply@blogger.com