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Friday morning catch-up...
I've been sneaking a page or ten of Sue Grafton's R is for Ricochet at odd moments over the past couple of weeks and find myself now two-thirds of the way through the book, in a strange situation.
Unlike many mystery authors, who try to smack you in the face with some serious action - typically, someone getting killed - within the first couple of pages of a new story, Grafton has woven a tale in which a lot of stuff has been revealed (money laundering, philandering, mind games), but almost nothing has actually happened.
So I'm wondering: Why do I keep turning the pages?
I have some ideas as to why, but if I can definitively answer this question, I think I'll be a lot further along in the writing game.
Cheers...
Unlike many mystery authors, who try to smack you in the face with some serious action - typically, someone getting killed - within the first couple of pages of a new story, Grafton has woven a tale in which a lot of stuff has been revealed (money laundering, philandering, mind games), but almost nothing has actually happened.
So I'm wondering: Why do I keep turning the pages?
I have some ideas as to why, but if I can definitively answer this question, I think I'll be a lot further along in the writing game.
Cheers...