Ok, first; yeah it's been discussed. And not just here. And yeah, I've been in on a lot of discussions about the topic before, but I need a brain jumpstart so get out the jumper cables.
In the current piece of cr-... er, story I'm hammering my head against I'm struggling with a HUGE info dump. If I stick with linear development (as I'd rather), I'm left with about three lit screens running on fast forward through medical history and then four summers of building back story concerning how the heroine made the knight who he is before I set the hook. Which anyone with even marginal "talent" knows is a mistake.
But, if I don't do it, it reads like Captain Fabulous rides to the rescue on his iron horse and peels off his leathers to reveal his buff lifeguard alter-ego. I can, maybe, alleviate some of it in as 1) flashbacks (although I personally loath them) and 2) dialogue between the characters and 3) personality quirks.
However, it feels like I'm having a brain glitch and forgetting some of the more subtle tricks I used to know. Can anyone remind me what else I'm forgetting to steer around the dreaded info dump?
In the current piece of cr-... er, story I'm hammering my head against I'm struggling with a HUGE info dump. If I stick with linear development (as I'd rather), I'm left with about three lit screens running on fast forward through medical history and then four summers of building back story concerning how the heroine made the knight who he is before I set the hook. Which anyone with even marginal "talent" knows is a mistake.
But, if I don't do it, it reads like Captain Fabulous rides to the rescue on his iron horse and peels off his leathers to reveal his buff lifeguard alter-ego. I can, maybe, alleviate some of it in as 1) flashbacks (although I personally loath them) and 2) dialogue between the characters and 3) personality quirks.
However, it feels like I'm having a brain glitch and forgetting some of the more subtle tricks I used to know. Can anyone remind me what else I'm forgetting to steer around the dreaded info dump?