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cahnTalking 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!
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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