I sometimes write science fiction, which often requires more explanations than contemporary fiction. I also sometimes write alternate history fiction, ditto. The situation is even more acute when I write alternate history with scientific and technological elements.
So an issue which keeps coming up for me is how to make exposition more entertaining. Or at least more bearable. Here are some possible tactics that I've come up with so far. Maybe you can modify them. Or suggest other tactics.
(1) Include exposition where it's needed, not before.
I'd modify this by suggesting that an author ON THE FIRST DRAFT include exposition when s/he feels the need for it. And make it as complete as s/he needs to. It's best to have too much, written when you're inspired to, than to have too little. ON LATER DRAFTS we can always trim it. Or move it.
(2) Include only what's needed.
Leave fuller explanations and side issues for a later point in the story. Or just leave them up to the reader's imagination.
(3) Make an especial effort to write simply and clearly.
Avoid jargon and technical terms, using them only when necessary. Using them does not make text sound authoritative; it only makes it sound pedantic.
(4) Try to make it interesting.
I can't say I know how to do that!
So an issue which keeps coming up for me is how to make exposition more entertaining. Or at least more bearable. Here are some possible tactics that I've come up with so far. Maybe you can modify them. Or suggest other tactics.
(1) Include exposition where it's needed, not before.
I'd modify this by suggesting that an author ON THE FIRST DRAFT include exposition when s/he feels the need for it. And make it as complete as s/he needs to. It's best to have too much, written when you're inspired to, than to have too little. ON LATER DRAFTS we can always trim it. Or move it.
(2) Include only what's needed.
Leave fuller explanations and side issues for a later point in the story. Or just leave them up to the reader's imagination.
(3) Make an especial effort to write simply and clearly.
Avoid jargon and technical terms, using them only when necessary. Using them does not make text sound authoritative; it only makes it sound pedantic.
(4) Try to make it interesting.
I can't say I know how to do that!