I had some good practice yesterday when given an opportunity to explain the story to someone - out loud. As writing is my craft, it is easy to write it to explain it, but saying it out loud tends to flesh out flaws and weaknesses in it. This is a great thing!
In explaining my characters and the plot over the three books, I quickly realized some holes that need filling and some dialogue that needs changing. This was vital to this process in my head.
Because the big picture is all in my head, it is easy to assume that something might be communicated on paper, but in reality, back story needs to come out, or conversely, too much of an information dump of useless information stands as a huge weakness in the middle.
Some good practice last night; an opportunity to be better and produce a better product!
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