| Re: Do people read glossaries?
I think it's dangerous to make a reader reliant on a glossary, precisely for the reason you have yourself given - not everyone reads them. I will dip into a glossary if I need to, but I don't religiously read them before embarking on the actual narrative. If your narrative is too hard to penetrate without flicking backwards and forwards the whole time, I think you'll have an issue. If the glossary merely compliments the narrative, on the other hand, more power to you. |