Note on How the West Was Zombed – Werewolf Speed

In Chapter 40, you might ask how Hewitt and Becker were able to run to Iowa and Illinois in one night.

Werewolves are fast.

I’m hoping readers will pick up on that without me coming out and say it.  What do you think, 3.5 readers?

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6 thoughts on “Note on How the West Was Zombed – Werewolf Speed

  1. jimleeauthor's avatar jimleeauthor says:

    Trusting readers to pick up on things that aren’t stated is often fine–they don’t need to be spoon-fed EVERYTHING. But having read Chapter 40, the matter of werewolf speed may need a bit more. If you SHOWED a werewolf running blindly fast in some previous chapter (one I haven’t read) for some reason, further explanation would be unneeded. The old rule of thumb to show actions more than tell about them comes into play–once a reader gets to SEE something take place, he/she probably doesn’t need it explained.

  2. They are fast. They have four legs. I agree with jimleeuthor, you don’t have to spoon feed readers, but sometimes showing them where the spoon is helps.

  3. Does it matter that they are fast at this point? They searched. They didn’t find. I didn’t feel I needed further information.

    • I might rewrite it to just say they searched all night to no success…to actually state they went into other states and came back requires me to get out a pen and piece of paper to calculate the probability of high speed interstate werewolf travel.

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