Why read about childhood of another?
So I started the second draft of my memoir and from my birth to 6th grade is going to be a estimated rough 10,000 words. Yes I did have a lot of wild and traumatic events, but most of what I have written in a summary of that time period. Hypothetically those first 10,000 words are summary... Is that common? Becuase the next 60,000 or so words of my book will be a ton of scenes in greater detail... Is summary boring for a reader? I guess I am having trouble understanding Scene Vs Summary writing, any advice on how to pace it?
So I started the second draft of my memoir and from my birth to 6th grade is going to be a estimated rough 10,000 words. Yes I did have a lot of wild and traumatic events, but most of what I have written in a summary of that time period. Hypothetically those first 10,000 words are summary... Is that common? Becuase the next 60,000 or so words of my book will be a ton of scenes in greater detail... Is summary boring for a reader? I guess I am having trouble understanding Scene Vs Summary writing, any advice on how to pace it?