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[cahn]

Talking to D about my Yuletide woes isn't perhaps exactly helpful, but at least it's amusing?

Me: My Yuletide fic has So Many Issues. There are way too many infodumps of worldbuilding information. I actually think the solution here is that I should make it longer...
D: That way it's more like info-dribbles? Hmm. I was going to say it's like the Weber solution, only he really does have just infodumps.
D: 'Then, the earth cooled.' That's the Michener solution!
D: Or, you could put all the worldbuilding in appendices. That's the Herbert solution!
D: Or, you could run out of room in the appendices and write another whole book. That's the Tolkien solution!

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[zdenka]

Or, you could run out of room in the appendices and write another whole book. That's the Tolkien solution!

Ha! That made me laugh. It's also kind of true, though I'm not sure how helpful it would be to your YT fic . . .

[cahn]

It's funny because it's true! But, yeah, I think this is less than helpful as a YT solution :P :)

[ase]

Fic: 1,001 words
Appendices: 50k

Hmm. Well, how would Bujold handle this? (Other than "by having a different writing approach and a completely different set of challenges", of course!)

[cahn]

Haha, I now want someone to do YT fic synopses "in the style of..."

Huh, that's a good question! I should look up some of Bujold and see how she does the mechanics of it, because she chucks a whole lot of worldbuilding into her books without being overly obvious about it. Card is also very good at this (no matter what one may think of the other elements of his writing).

[isis]

Hee, I am charmed by this! Perhaps the Prachett solution is to put it all in footnotes?

[cahn]

Ahahahaha! I agree. That's a good one :D