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I’m writing two characters who are talking about their pasts on a train and I’m wondering if theres a way to do it that isn’t considered lazy exposition.
No one will care, do what you want. It's a waste of time thinking what others will say about it.
I appreciate what you’re saying thank you But I think it’s incredibly important to get the opinions of other writers, especially as someone who’s never written before, like me.
A propos of nothing, now I want to write a scene between a gangbanger who loves to use big words and a scholar with a potty mouth. (I know some of the latter personally...)Is he a scholar who loves to use big words or a gangbanger with a potty mouth?
Just to clarify - are you intending this to be a strategy for your readers to meet the characters? I'm going to say that this is not a safe start for a book - it needs very firm hands to make it not 'lazy exposition.' The trick would be to have them doing something that shows us who they are, rather than having them tell each other while we listen in.I’m writing two characters who are talking about their pasts on a train and I’m wondering if theres a way to do it that isn’t considered lazy exposition.
I’m writing two characters who are talking about their pasts on a train and I’m wondering if theres a way to do it that isn’t considered lazy exposition.