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So I have done the insane but I need something to shake things up. I joined the national novel writing month project. Next month I will need to do 50000 word novel to win. I figure why not. maybe it will give me the creative jumpstart I need.

Oh well "The Prince of Appalachia" is the working title. Here is a quick opinion qustion. Should a book involving a post apocolyptic world actually dwell on how it happened or should it just be left a background mystery?

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[hoshiadam.livejournal.com]

A bit of background is okay, but hard to do effectively in a novel. In a movie, it would just be a voiceover at the beginning of the movie, but that usually comes out awkward in a novel. If you can work it in somehow it can be kinda neat. Even just a few hints are usually enough - let the reader imagine what actually happened.

It also depends on how important the background is to the current action. If it isn't that important, then brush over it.