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Induction into a hidden society
cenwolfgirl:
honestly its compleatly by acserdent but i have put things in the univers that means you can not get lots of info at once just randomly Deposed King
and it was not till i read this thread i even relised that i have done this lol
its because info dumps are just no fun to write so i don't
witch means you have to get inventive with how you revial information some times but that is half the fun i think ;D
Snowleopard:
I've been told that if you want to read how someone adjusts to being exposed to
a totally alien society - read, of all things, Shogun.
The clash/contrast between East and West is intense.
You could probably also use it as a guide for someone being initiated into a secret society.
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: The Deposed King on May 05, 2012, 09:40:34 PM ---the dreaded info dumps are to be avoided if at all humanly possible.
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Unless you can make them so cool that they are fun in and of themselves. I really like Neal Stephenson's approach, for example; there are a couple of pages in Cryptonomicon that are an info-dump on the character in question's preferred way of eating breakfast cereal that are really amazingly funny.
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: cenwolfgirl on May 05, 2012, 09:49:53 PM ---honestly its compleatly by acserdent but i have put things in the univers that means you can not get lots of info at once just randomly Deposed King
and it was not till i read this thread i even relised that i have done this lol
its because info dumps are just no fun to write so i don't
witch means you have to get inventive with how you revial information some times but that is half the fun i think ;D
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I am inclined to think a large part of the reason why so much genre fiction is either about strangers coming to new places, or kids growing up and going out into the world, is because those are situations that provide legitimate reason for one character to ask another "how does this bit work ?" and get an answer that informs the reader also.
cenwolfgirl:
okay that dose sounds amusing
oh yes exsept when the grown ups don't tell the chrarictor any thing and then it gets intresting and you have to be inventive and use lots of diffrent ways of getting information
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