I’ve been struggling lately to add some needed information to clarify the plot without messing up the flow of existing dialogue. It’s hard. Today I had a mini breakthrough, so I thought I’d record it for posterity.
Instead of trying to shoehorn the information into the scene, go back to a previous point and have someone ask a question that sparks thoughts about it. Now when it gets brought up in the place where it needs to come out it doesn’t feel like it’s coming out of nowhere. Also, if the scene needs to start earlier, now there is a reason for those people to seek each other out to talk about it.
So that’s my revelation for the day. It’s free. You get what you pay for.
Writing accomplishments: Stumbled across the technique above in my attempts to add clarity to ALL ROCS (C2). I didn’t have time to get much done, but at least I feel like I’m able to start chipping away at it.
