Worldcon Panel: Beyond the First Two Pages

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Caveat: I didn't arrive until about half an hour in, but I picked up from there.

With Patrick Rothfuss, Darlene Marshall, John Berlyne, Nick Mamatas, and Carol Berg

One of the authors suggests we avoid POV shifts (head hopping)
Agent John Berlyne suggests avoiding constraining yourself by conventions if you have good reasons to do something.

Some discussion about revealing information. Don't. Build tension. Don't sap it.

Some people do short fiction better than novels and vice versa.

All choices should be in service to the story.
1. What is the point of the story?
2. Who cares?

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