Waffle or jump in?

by Christine Ballantine
23rd June 2015

In relation to a novel, have people have found it usual to do an amount of introduction and description (waffle) in the first chapter, which I think is what I usually do, or jump right in to the middle of the action/speech?

I have just posted the first chapter of my new novel on the shared works page, demonstrating the 'jump right in' method!

https://www.writersandartists.co.uk/profile/c-ballantine/work

Any comments and advice welcome.

Thanks in advance!

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Jump in...both feet and attitude. All the rest is the work of the delete button!

Much better English!

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Jump in...both feet and attitude. All the rest is what the work of the delete button

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Thank you for the comments and advice. I did think it was a bit too vague, but sometimes it's hard to tell when you've been staring at a particular bit for a few days trying to work out if it's ok or not!

Guess it's only the first draft too, so plenty of time for re-working.

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