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Old 06-21-2013, 09:40 AM   #378
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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks View Post
It is not really all that well-known a technique. The majority of authors make the mistake of medium to huge info dumps at the beginning--and yes, this is true of many, many trad authors.
Well, I only know about science fiction authors since I go to a lot of sf cons and it is well known among them.

And I would have thought it self evident that you do not start a book with 50 boring pages...
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