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Post by Becca Mills on Feb 25, 2014 18:36:15 GMT -5
I've been planting reminders. Dunno. The book also has recent readers, so I hate to overdo it. The oldest readers are probably the least likely to buy the next book. I've decided to keep the reminders to a minimum in my third book. I put in several reminders in my second, and got at least one complaint about it. My beta readers and most other readers seemed fine with them, but I realized that most of the series I've read include very few reminders. I wanted the books to stand alone as much as possible, but let's face it; I'm writing a trilogy. It's probably safe to assume that readers have recently read the previous volumes. Jogging their memory is probably more of a distraction than a benefit. P.S. I reserve the right to be completely wrong about this.Yep, this is the other side of the coin. I honestly am not sure what to do! |
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Post by whdean on Feb 26, 2014 21:28:11 GMT -5
Same principle, different schema. The Toulmin model will work with Darwin because it’s an inference to the best explanation. Same for Edward Jenner and other medical discoveries. Economics is a model of human behaviour: unlimited wants and limited goods necessitates rational choices; that principle informs the rest.
But I fail to see how anyone’s going to explain quantum mechanics without mathematics. Only quantum physicists understand quantum mechanics.
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Post by vrabinec on Feb 26, 2014 21:50:42 GMT -5
Nobody understands quantum mechanics.
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Post by Becca Mills on Feb 27, 2014 3:43:00 GMT -5
Nobody understands quantum mechanics. I bet some people actually do understand it, which is scary. Like, really understand it -- as in it makes sense to them. WH, you can get the basics on a layperson's level. This is a gen-ed class, so we don't ask students to do that kind of math. (Which is good, since I sure as hell can't do that kind of math.) It's more about making links between some the central principles of QM and other aspects of intellectual history inside and outside the sciences. If you can get the basic hang of ideas like entanglement and uncertainty, you can start to see cool areas of cross-pollination between physics and other areas. You don't have to grasp the math to do that. Unfortunately, the students seem entirely unfamiliar with the whole kit and kaboodle. Never even seen a PBS program on it, so far as i can tell. That makes it a pretty steep learning curve. |
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Post by Becca Mills on Feb 27, 2014 3:44:34 GMT -5
Love how this thread ended up being about my writing AND my teaching. Me! Me! It's all about me! Bwa ha ha!  |
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Post by Suzy on Feb 27, 2014 3:47:03 GMT -5
I wanted each novel in my series to be stand-alone. So I pretended I hadn't written the first one and made that the back story, which I told in snippets as shorthand as possible, not to bore readers who had read the first book and to make readers who hadn't wan to read that one too. If you see what I mean... ETA: Now it's about ME!!! neenenene.  |
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Post by Becca Mills on Feb 27, 2014 3:49:58 GMT -5
I wanted each novel in my series to be stand-alone. So I pretended I hadn't written the first one and made that the back story, which I told in snippets as shorthand as possible, not to bore readers who had read the first book and to make readers who hadn't wan to read that one too. If you see what I mean... ETA: Now it's about ME!!! neenenene. A brilliant and nefarious plot which clearly worked very well! (Talking about the sales of your Hot series, not your sly take-over of my ME thread ... I'm not admitting defeat that easily!) |
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Post by Suzy on Feb 27, 2014 3:52:24 GMT -5
You have a long way to go. Why do you think I started the Pub?  |
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Post by Pru Freda on Feb 27, 2014 4:42:25 GMT -5
Nobody understands quantum mechanics. I bet some people actually do understand it, which is scary. Like, really understand it -- as in it makes sense to them. WH, you can get the basics on a layperson's level. This is a gen-ed class, so we don't ask students to do that kind of math. (Which is good, since I sure as hell can't do that kind of math.) It's more about making links between some the central principles of QM and other aspects of intellectual history inside and outside the sciences. If you can get the basic hang of ideas like entanglement and uncertainty, you can start to see cool areas of cross-pollination between physics and other areas. You don't have to grasp the math to do that. Unfortunately, the students seem entirely unfamiliar with the whole kit and kaboodle. Never even seen a PBS program on it, so far as i can tell. That makes it a pretty steep learning curve. Becca - get your students to watch this, Brilliant, hilarious, and informative. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rjbtsX7twc |
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Post by vrabinec on Feb 27, 2014 7:27:16 GMT -5
I wanted each novel in my series to be stand-alone. So I pretended I hadn't written the first one and made that the back story, which I told in snippets as shorthand as possible, not to bore readers who had read the first book and to make readers who hadn't wan to read that one too. If you see what I mean... ETA: Now it's about ME!!! neenenene. lmao |
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Post by Becca Mills on Feb 27, 2014 12:26:23 GMT -5
You have a long way to go. Why do you think I started the Pub? D'oh!  |
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Post by Becca Mills on Feb 27, 2014 12:32:45 GMT -5
OMG that's awesome. The Einstein sock-puppet ... |
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