I have been doing some study to get over some residual brain fog.
James Patterson (author) has the other chair metaphor. Imagine you are telling your story to someone sitting opposite you.
You cannot talk for a few minutes setting things up. You have to keep the story moving while setting things up.
So if you are thinking of writing an exposition scene whose only job it to set up something. Give that scene something else to do, a second function. In this way, people will be immediately entertained by the something else and absorb the exposition as a byproduct.
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I've done this, Craig D Griffiths. It really helps with exposition. Another thing that helps with exposition is making the conversation funny. People will be so focused on the humor, they won't notice the exposition.
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Good tip.
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Thanks, Craig D Griffiths. Another video idea (ways to make exposition more entertaining)? :D
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Excellent advice, thank you.
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I am doing a video today. Still feeling a little slow.
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Thank you Vicki.
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Love this advice @Craig! Also reminds me of the club scene in The Social Network - Sorkin said he wrote it so that it felt like the audience was jumping into a scene already in motion so they would have to catch up, and Fincher filmed it with very loud music so that the audience would feel like they have to physically lean into hear it, all so that viewers were actively participating in the scene
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I hope you feel better soon, Craig D Griffiths.
Thanks for the article, Ty Strange!
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Just uploading. Took your suggestion and added it to the video. Sorry I didn’t give you a shout out Maurice.
Thanks for adding my suggestion, Craig D Griffiths. Don't worry about the shout out.
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https://youtu.be/6WxpPa3yE7U
You have always been a big help Maurice Vaughan .
In case anyone wants to see it. I've added the link
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This is a great advice! Will definitely try this one out. Thanks for the valuable insight, Craig!
Thanks for the link, Craig D Griffiths. I'll check it out.