{"id":1743,"date":"2015-02-02T08:00:20","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T08:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/?p=1743"},"modified":"2020-05-15T14:23:50","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T13:23:50","slug":"from-dreaming-to-publishing-2-exposition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/from-dreaming-to-publishing-2-exposition\/","title":{"rendered":"From Dreaming to Publishing: Exposition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/from-dreaming-to-publishing-2.jpg?resize=580%2C386\" alt=\"from-dreaming-to-publishing-2\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/from-dreaming-to-publishing-2.jpg?w=849&amp;ssl=1 849w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/from-dreaming-to-publishing-2.jpg?resize=400%2C266&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>This post is part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/?s=From+Dreaming+to+Publishing\">&#8220;From Dreaming to Publishing&#8221; series<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduce a new character with <em>just enough<\/em> physical description to picture him\/her<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t stop the story to <em>tell<\/em> all about him\/her<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s better to <em>show<\/em> characters slowly and naturaly, with scenes and through interaction with other characters<\/li>\n<li>Flashbacks may introduce the character&#8217;s past but too many of them and your timeline gets hard to follow<\/li>\n<li>Instead of having the narrator describe the character, let the other characters do it, naturaly, with dialogue and action<\/li>\n<li>If you present everything as conclusions or summaries you&#8217;ll have passive (and bored) readers<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t tell everything right away (characters, landscapes, cultures, &#8230;); instead dive head first and let the reader discover and feel<\/li>\n<li><strong>It&#8217;s good if the readers don&#8217;t have all the answers, that&#8217;s what keeps them reading<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Checklist<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>How much time do you spend describing a character or place? Could you show that with action or dialogue further ahead?<\/li>\n<li>What about characters&#8217; past history? Could you trim it?<\/li>\n<li>What do your readers really need to know? When?<\/li>\n<li>Would the characters really talk that if you weren&#8217;t doing exposition?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0060545690\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0060545690&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=thegeegec00-20&amp;linkId=MYZDZS7WK5JLOMYA\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/twiw-44-e1418044375476.jpg?resize=166%2C250\" alt=\"book cover\" width=\"166\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1717\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>This post is a personal summary of a chapter from the book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0060545690\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0060545690&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=thegeegec00-20&amp;linkId=MYZDZS7WK5JLOMYA\">Self-Editing for Fiction Writers<\/a>, which I read when preparing for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diogonunes.com\/blog\/tips-writing-novel-for-nanowrimo\/\">NaNoWriMo<\/a>. 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