OK, first of all just let me admit that I am a natural infodumper. A couple months on these boards have revealed to me that my instinct is to just "Tell" readers what is and what was in my story. I fight with this every time my fingers hit the keys.
With that in mind, I have come to a chapter where two characters are meeting each other for the first time. They will proceed to explain to each other where they are going and why. But I'm not sure how to go about this without coming of as too "Telly".
Switching to first person is too awkward and forced. And If I do it through dialogue it will just be a huge section of only a single person talking. Not only that, but I would like to elaborate on some details from their history that they might not just come out and say, but the reader would find interesting.
I've done it all in third person as of now, but I'm not sure that's the right way to go. Basically, I'm asking about how to write an extended flashback without "Telling" to much. I want to "transport" the reader or "Show" them the past so to speak. Help?
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