On Writers Helping Writers:
The latest post in our Writing 101 series is all about the dreaded infodump—when the author drops a landslide of information on the reader and the pace (and reader interest) grinds to a halt.
These big blocks of text often show up in early chapters when a writer wants to be sure they’ve explained everything clearly. They might cover a piece of the character’s backstory, an explanation of the world’s political history, or a user-manual description of how the magic system works.
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