Exposition

As I’m editing Assignment Day I’m trying to get rid of passages where there’s a lot of exposition. It’s difficult to build a future world without a little bit of explanation, but I also don’t want to bore the reader with lots of prose. I’ve already changed one scene to have the characters talk about things rather than me explaining them. I think there’ll be more of that as I go along. Speaking of exposition, I started reading the first book of The Wheel of Time series, and oh my stars and garters, there’s a lot. I don’t know if I’ll read the whole series, but it’s something that’s mildly intrigued me for years. I might get a little bit deeper into the book and decide it’s not for me, which is what happened with Game of Thrones. I read the first book in the series about fifteen years ago and made the decision to stop there. Kind of glad I did, since I’d be pretty upset with George Martin for not finishing the story. Anyway, that’s what’s going on with me. How about you?