Writing

But it has resulted in a kind of formula that has been overused.

I recently attended a writing workshop, and too many of the things we looked at started out with a dramatic action scene with no set-up as to who the people are and why we should care about them.

I also get very tired of every book being part of a trilogy or longer series. I even generally avoid the ones that have the same detective solving the crime, even though in general I like mysteries. Just have a real aversion to series.