One Reader's Ramblings

My best friend has her Master’s Degree in Creative Writing.   Let me tell you, that’s a lot of class hours spent on how to write!   And according to her, every single professor she had talked at length about the importance of “tension” in a story.   She said they all emphasized the importance of something in the story to “make the reader want to turn the page.”   SO, here’s my question (and one she can’t remember ever discussing in school) – is there such a thing as TOO much tension?

I’ve said before that I want to learn something I can take away from my reading.   I want to gain some sort of insight into the world.   Lately, I’ve been wondering if there is anything I’m learning (the stuff I’ve been reading does seem pretty mindless).   Then, the other night, I was faced with a problem that I really just wanted to go away.   I didn’t want to deal with it; I just wanted it gone.   So when my dear, sweet hubby asked if there was anything he could do to help, I jokingly said I wanted him to call a wizard to poof it away.   He laughed and said he didn’t know where Oz was located.   

I DID IT!!!   I finished the series!   Didn’t think I would ever make it through.