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How To Identify And Fix All The Places Where Telling - Or Exposition - Rears Up In Your Writing #writingadvice #writinglife #amwriting #writingcommunity #writerscommunity www.amazon.com/dp/194887234X
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#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.08.19 — How do you write characters with expertise outside your own?
I avoid making the expertise important beyond verisimilitude! When not writing in the voice of the narrator, I learn enough about the essentials that I can present the minimum to be convincing. When it's the narrator, they note what they're talking about is technical and point out they are simplifying. They may talk about quantum entanglement, but they ain't explaining it. Whenever possible, I bring in experts, like your car mechanic who never explains the theory of spark advance or fuel injection, but may mention having done the work and why. I keep in mind that fiction is not a textbook for a class in an expertise. I am not there to teach the reader a profession, or to convince them as an author of my depth. I always have a message, but I understand I'm primarily there to entertain the reader. Depending on the genre, how much I need to present may vary but, from personal experience, I'm into action or the feels (aka drama), not the lectures. I hope my reader is the same.
Example: In one story, an SC can create a quantum blackhole and uses in the narrative as a missile. I don't explain the theory, but I do show a pretty ionospheric blast aurora.
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Vonnegut's sardonic charm and open-handed critical wit are turned all the way up in this brief collection of short essays and observations, personal curiosities and writing advice. Worth the stay!
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