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Context vs. Exposition: What’s the Difference?

This is part 1 of 8 in my series: Worldbuilding and exposition in fantasy fiction.

As an author coach and developmental editor specialising in fantasy fiction, one of the things that my clients struggle with most is exposition.

In this blog post, we’ll discuss the differences between exposition and context, as well as the different ways you can use exposition to convey contextual information, without falling prey to the dreaded ‘infodump’.

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