The Freezer Bunny Club - A Reading Circle
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Forum Discussion
@AdamsEve1231
1) Several of you mentioned being a little confused with the worldbuilding. I have thought about including things like history and timeline on a page on the blog, and then perhaps a page with cultural references, and then probably a list of the aliens/supernaturals. I've been working on a map of the world and it's massive and complicated, but I could come up with a general list of major countries/places. Would that be useful? What kinds of worldbuilding pieces would you like to see?
Oehhh, a page especially for those things. I like! I would absolutely have that page open in another tab and sometimes go search things in it.
2) A few of you mentioned liking/disliking Author Notes. I wondered if it would make sense to reference where to find the worldbuilding pieces elsewhere on the blog, and leave some of my commentary out (i.e. why a character reacts a certain way). I honestly hadn't thought I did that too much, but it might be nice to leave more to the imagination of the readers. I know sometimes it's because I'm referencing my own history/connections to KCLKF. Any feedback?
I personally liked the author notes a lot and they helped me a lot to help me understand the story more in the very beginning. I'd find it rather sad if you leave out comments where you leave certain commentary out like why a character reacts a certain way because my imagination can go REALLY wild and I like things that are not open for my imagination :P I also love to react on those things in the comment section with my own stories ^^
3) I think I have gathered from everyone that the "Arcs" are confusing. :# Honestly, they're meant to help break up the chapters into manageable reading bites. I am thinking with the second story (the one following this one in the series), I'll make some definite changes based on your comments. My initial plan was Chapters labeled 1 point something are in Story 1. Chapters in the next story would be labeled 2 point something, and so on, but I can see how, without that context, this current numbering doesn't quite make sense.
Meh, they weren't confusing for me (okay, at first when I didn't know the word Arc it was a little confusing, but when I started clicking and found out it was just an easy helping tool to to through your story, it was helpful). They helped me a lot and made everything more easy to read.
Would "Parts" make more sense with corresponding numbers like a Prologue would be 1.0, Chapter 1 in Part 1 would be 1.1, and Chapter 1 in Part 2 would be 2.1, and so on? Or would it be better to leave the numbers as is and not include "Parts" or "Arcs?"
I would call the arcs 'chapters', but I would call arc 1 'prologue: family history' and arc 2 is 'chapter 1: pranks and plans' and than under the chapters are part 1 to 4. But that's how I would do it :P Don't listen to me if you think it's nonsense.
4) I know the timing/pacing thing has come up. I plan to jump ahead with story 2. I'm currently debating about how far ahead. My original plan was as follows: each story is meant to take place within a season so obviously KCLKF is in the summer. I thought about story 2 taking place in the immediate fall, but I'm wondering about jumping ahead to the following summer/fall so we get a bit of a time jump, story progression, and maturity. Would you like a larger time jump with story filled in as backstory within that story? Or would you prefer to see/witness everything as it happens?
If you make it clear in your story, I really don't mind how far you jump :P You can always refer back in the story to little things that happened in that jump. Really, just choose what you feel best with.
1) Several of you mentioned being a little confused with the worldbuilding. I have thought about including things like history and timeline on a page on the blog, and then perhaps a page with cultural references, and then probably a list of the aliens/supernaturals. I've been working on a map of the world and it's massive and complicated, but I could come up with a general list of major countries/places. Would that be useful? What kinds of worldbuilding pieces would you like to see?
Oehhh, a page especially for those things. I like! I would absolutely have that page open in another tab and sometimes go search things in it.
2) A few of you mentioned liking/disliking Author Notes. I wondered if it would make sense to reference where to find the worldbuilding pieces elsewhere on the blog, and leave some of my commentary out (i.e. why a character reacts a certain way). I honestly hadn't thought I did that too much, but it might be nice to leave more to the imagination of the readers. I know sometimes it's because I'm referencing my own history/connections to KCLKF. Any feedback?
I personally liked the author notes a lot and they helped me a lot to help me understand the story more in the very beginning. I'd find it rather sad if you leave out comments where you leave certain commentary out like why a character reacts a certain way because my imagination can go REALLY wild and I like things that are not open for my imagination :P I also love to react on those things in the comment section with my own stories ^^
3) I think I have gathered from everyone that the "Arcs" are confusing. :# Honestly, they're meant to help break up the chapters into manageable reading bites. I am thinking with the second story (the one following this one in the series), I'll make some definite changes based on your comments. My initial plan was Chapters labeled 1 point something are in Story 1. Chapters in the next story would be labeled 2 point something, and so on, but I can see how, without that context, this current numbering doesn't quite make sense.
Meh, they weren't confusing for me (okay, at first when I didn't know the word Arc it was a little confusing, but when I started clicking and found out it was just an easy helping tool to to through your story, it was helpful). They helped me a lot and made everything more easy to read.
Would "Parts" make more sense with corresponding numbers like a Prologue would be 1.0, Chapter 1 in Part 1 would be 1.1, and Chapter 1 in Part 2 would be 2.1, and so on? Or would it be better to leave the numbers as is and not include "Parts" or "Arcs?"
I would call the arcs 'chapters', but I would call arc 1 'prologue: family history' and arc 2 is 'chapter 1: pranks and plans' and than under the chapters are part 1 to 4. But that's how I would do it :P Don't listen to me if you think it's nonsense.
4) I know the timing/pacing thing has come up. I plan to jump ahead with story 2. I'm currently debating about how far ahead. My original plan was as follows: each story is meant to take place within a season so obviously KCLKF is in the summer. I thought about story 2 taking place in the immediate fall, but I'm wondering about jumping ahead to the following summer/fall so we get a bit of a time jump, story progression, and maturity. Would you like a larger time jump with story filled in as backstory within that story? Or would you prefer to see/witness everything as it happens?
If you make it clear in your story, I really don't mind how far you jump :P You can always refer back in the story to little things that happened in that jump. Really, just choose what you feel best with.
