CONVERSATION: Exposition

Janine: Every book requires exposition (the conveying of background information) but sometimes it’s handled well and other times clumsily. Multiple techniques can be used and authors often employ more than one in the same book. I thought it might be fun to share our thoughts about them.

For the sake of clarity I’m going to start by defining them so bear with me if you already know what these terms mean.

Prologues — a scene (or more rarely a set of scenes) that takes place at only one place and t...