Re: The Morning Place by Mary Brunini McArdle
Posted: August 11, 2007, 06:00:31 PM
The basic storyline, boy meets girl, was fine. Nice language, nice flow.
However, I didn't understand what the aside to see the girl of his "future" was all about. Why was it needed to go there? If he didn't remember of any of it, what influence did it have?
Writing about falling in love is great. That's good thing to focus on, and a surprising many SF writers won't tackle that, but I needed to know the connection for the whole story to make sense to me. Without that, it seemed to be like the SF bit was "tacked on" just to make it qualify in a different market, which I'm sure couldn't be true.
Am I just missing it? Anyone?
Nate
However, I didn't understand what the aside to see the girl of his "future" was all about. Why was it needed to go there? If he didn't remember of any of it, what influence did it have?
Writing about falling in love is great. That's good thing to focus on, and a surprising many SF writers won't tackle that, but I needed to know the connection for the whole story to make sense to me. Without that, it seemed to be like the SF bit was "tacked on" just to make it qualify in a different market, which I'm sure couldn't be true.
Am I just missing it? Anyone?
Nate