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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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[hapersmion.livejournal.com]

I think it really depends on how good an idea you have about how the apocalypse happened. If you have it all planned out, and it's important to the story, it should be in there (whether stated plainly or allowed to filter through); if it's something not-too-exciting, like, "well, they just finally went and started another nuclear war," it probably wouldn't hurt to gloss over it a bit.