NaNo Inspiration, Day 13

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“No, no! The adventures first, explanations take such a dreadful time.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

This goes with yesterday's quote. Adventures drive a story! Explanations can be great for word count, but when you edit you might find yourself trimming them out. An information dump is a quick and easy way to lose the reader's interest.

But this doesn't mean that explanations are entirely bad. Find a way to weave them in, throwing a sentence here and there like good spice over the dish that is your writing. While several paragraphs of backstory can be daunting, the little details coming out in appropriate places in tiny bursts can serve to create color and dynamic moments in your storytelling. Backstory should never stop the current story, but it can most definitely serve to help move it forward, rolling along brightly through the adventure.

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