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Originally Posted by Gregg Bell
Thanks Issy, Cin and Hitch. That is all just fantastic advice and feedback. Guys, I am a reader too. I know what it's like to be blown out of a story by implausibility or inauthentic or inconsistent or inaccurate writing. I watch carefully for these things so as to not lose my reader.
It seems the word "hostile" was perhaps ill chosen. (Being prone to hyperbole as I am.) The beta reader provided really significant help and was not suggesting I shelve the book. When the book was first written I used The London Ballet as the place my MC was trying to get in as a dancer. That was a bad choice I was told. Not lofty enough. And hence the Royal Ballet. And she made several great suggestions. And the Royal Ballet is a very small aspect of the book. This is not a book about ballet. It's about an unreliable, possibly delusional, narrator who thinks she could be a prima ballerina. The Royal Ballet and the process of auditioning there hardly figure into the story.
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Gregg honey,
You think it hardly figures because you are not a dancer. It would be a major idea to any dancer.
It doesn't matter if it is one paragraph, one chapter or half the book, get that detail right or risk readers.
And yes the title alone will attract dancers and ballerinas.