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Need Help!

13 Years Ago


So, I'm writing a love story, and my main girl just found a secret stash of love letters from the guy that he never sent to her, and she's reading a few of them, and one of them is how he's frustrated because she won't totally let him in (she has a terrible secret past and it's made her very untrusting.) I don't know if I should have him go on about how he's always been there for her and give examples to make the letter really long, or if I should keep it short.
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13 Years Ago


Hmm... that's a tough call.  I always worry that I'm boring the reader with too much information - so I'll edit it out.  Then I worry that I'm not giving enough information or being too abrupt!  I guess I'm not being much help, am I?  (At the moment, I am writing a love story in which she has been in a motorcycle accident and he is at the hospital trying to find out how badly she's hurt.  I worry that I am including too much detail, yet I want to convey to the reader how frustrated and scared he is.  You're not alone.)

I think that I would err on the side of brevity in this case and not make it overly long, but not sacrifice important feelings either.

In other words - yes and no. : )

PS. It sounds like an interesting story.  Have you uploaded any of it yet?
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13 Years Ago


I'm probably not much help when it comes to this, I struggle with this sort of scene in my own stories. I do tend to find that what i really like is the one or two lines that really says everything. 
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13 Years Ago


If you still haven't written the love letter and are tossing around ideas- possibly you could consider writing the letter so that she only reads the most important sections- Because that way you could keep it short but get the amount of feelings across that you wanted to? 
I.e. "______________________" my eyes continued to scroll down the page until I was drawn back into the letter. "_________________________" 
Just a suggestion :) Because I feel that sometimes over doing things can lead to it becoming a bit of a ramble?