19 - Exposition

Daystar and Alexander discuss exposition: the good, the bad, and the common pitfalls.

Co-hosted by Alexander Wales

With thanks to Tim Yarbrough for the Intro/Outro music, G.A.T.O Must Be Respected

Links

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

Ocean's Eleven Cryptonomicon and Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson Ra by Sam Hughes The Nightmare Stacks by Charles Stross Lullaby by Chuck Palahnuik Quote about narrative flow through sentence structure. Timestamps 0:45 Exposition vs Narrative

4:38 Bad Exposition

17:00 Exposition as Story Character

18:22 Exposition Timing

24:30 Good Exposition

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