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Saw a huge difference between two longform Reddit series on the same event
Ngl I spent like 4 hours last week reading two different multi-part stories about the same 1999 hiking disaster on Mount Hood. One writer just listed dates and gear failures, felt like a dry report. The other one spent 3 whole posts just describing the weather buildup and the hikers' relationships before anything went wrong. The slow writer had me actually caring about people before they got stuck. Has anyone else found that the pacing of the backstory literally makes or breaks these long survival reads?
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nancy_owens3d ago
Gotta admit I've definitely skimmed weather buildup before, only to realize halfway through I had no clue why anyone was even on the mountain. Makes me wonder how many survival stories I've ruined for myself by skipping the boring parts.
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thompson.christopher7h agoTop Commenter
Skipping the weather buildup is like reading a murder mystery without the first chapter.
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