Well, there's not really much to say after all of that, is there? Pretty much covered all of the extreme offenses that would turn me off on a book. Well, there is one thing... lack of research, getting the facts wrong. Like, the other night I watched the pilot of the tv series Scorpion. My stomach roiled when I heard the supposed incredibly brilliant 197 IQ MC say, "Normally people use only ten percent of their brain."
Okay. That's enough. Can't take any more.
You don't have to be as smart as the characters you are creating but you shouldn't be incredibly dumb, either. I've been beating this drum for years and, finally, the brains of research have caught up. WOW! Look! People really DO use more than ten percent of their brain!
Now all we need are writers to catch up so as not to make their 'geniuses' look downright ignorant.
And the riddle at the beginning of that show was pretty ignorant, too. I could almost hear people yelling at the television over that. Oh. No. Wait a minute. That was me.
Don't insult the reader's (viewer's) intelligence. A sure fire way to alienate your audience.
Okay. That's enough. Can't take any more.
You don't have to be as smart as the characters you are creating but you shouldn't be incredibly dumb, either. I've been beating this drum for years and, finally, the brains of research have caught up. WOW! Look! People really DO use more than ten percent of their brain!
Now all we need are writers to catch up so as not to make their 'geniuses' look downright ignorant.
And the riddle at the beginning of that show was pretty ignorant, too. I could almost hear people yelling at the television over that. Oh. No. Wait a minute. That was me.
Don't insult the reader's (viewer's) intelligence. A sure fire way to alienate your audience.