That has got to be the quickest inciting incident EVER. Why couldn't the authors drag out the being Marked thing? This would be a perfect time to actually ADD stalking. It would have added some tension, and get the character to either A) talk about the vampires Marking people and what the humans are doing about it, if it's known or B) have the character muse that this guy is behind a string of disappearances and 'mysterious deaths' only to find out it's this secret group of vampires (wait sorry, vampyres). Both those ideas took me five minutes to figure out and even I could drag those out for at least two or three chapters. It would added some much needed tension and not make the reader go 'So... she's Marked ... uh... so?'. I don't particuarly care that she's Marked because I cannot grasp the significance of being Marked.
Oh and Vampyre is a legit spelling. I've seen it in folklore during my research for mythical monsters.
I need to hurry up and finish It, reading such an awesome (yet fucking creepy) book while reading these sporkings makes me cry.
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Date: 2011-01-06 07:15 am (UTC)That has got to be the quickest inciting incident EVER. Why couldn't the authors drag out the being Marked thing? This would be a perfect time to actually ADD stalking. It would have added some tension, and get the character to either A) talk about the vampires Marking people and what the humans are doing about it, if it's known or B) have the character muse that this guy is behind a string of disappearances and 'mysterious deaths' only to find out it's this secret group of vampires (wait sorry, vampyres). Both those ideas took me five minutes to figure out and even I could drag those out for at least two or three chapters. It would added some much needed tension and not make the reader go 'So... she's Marked ... uh... so?'. I don't particuarly care that she's Marked because I cannot grasp the significance of being Marked.
Oh and Vampyre is a legit spelling. I've seen it in folklore during my research for mythical monsters.
I need to hurry up and finish It, reading such an awesome (yet fucking creepy) book while reading these sporkings makes me cry.