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First Person, Present Tense, and No Backstory. Can it work?

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the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:

--- Quote from: novium on March 01, 2008, 04:53:27 PM ---but are they finishing it, that is the question. I couldn't. I found it too distracting.

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I don't think it would have gone into as many reprints as it has if the word-of-mouth on it was not largely positive, so lots of people must be.

Cyclone Jack:

People who read my short story Tessellation seemed to like the method -- or at least be involved enough in the story that they didn't notice.

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