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Encore Episode: How To Write Exposition Without Boring Your Reader
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Nanci Panuccio
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Season 7
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How much exposition is too much? Should you begin your story with exposition? And how do you write exposition in a way that isn’t excessive, awkward, or dull?
In this encore episode, we'll talk about how to write exposition in a way that doesn’t sound like exposition.
We'll cover:
- What exposition is, and why it's essential;
- When to begin your story with exposition and when not to
- Two different types of exposition; and
- How to slip exposition into the action so the reader isn't aware it's even there.