Her lovely pet met the accident; she admitted it to
hospital. It was crying for her attention. She was sad; she couldn't face this
much. She was soft-hearted. She sat down on a chair. It was helplessly watching
her. She couldn’t help control her tears and doctor came.
Observe the exposition. Isn’t lots of this is obvious? For
that matter, consider following: I had a piece of cake and it was sweet and
soft.
Who doesn’t know that cakes are sweet and soft?
Exposition is the back ground of story, flash-back narrative
information, description of characters' feelings and description of events taking
place on the plot to construct it. It is important for reader to know these
details and so is the exposition.
The mantra of writing – ‘Show, don’t tell’ infers to minimize
the expositions and make it invisible so that reader get to know what he needs
effortlessly and unconsciously. The best way to create the motivation in the
plot for characters to speak realistic dialogues in natural way to reveal
information. This is however prohibited to write a California scene, where two
characters hardly know each other well and sit to reveal their deep hidden
personal truths in a conversation.
Keep the best for last. That means don’t just reveal
everything in a sequence to reader. Reveal only what is needed for him till
that moment in the story. There should be a natural flow and least important information
should be conveyed first and most should be conveyed for later stage.
Consider the actor in the movie, actor acts to show his
feelings. Location, weather, physical appearances of characters etc. is
entirely visible and is the prime job of camera man to make it visible.
Sometimes, he accentuates it to seek audiences’ attention wherever required.
This all has to be shown by words in writing.
Seeds of thoughts
A birthday celebration is going on. Protagonist is happy
celebrating his wife's b'day. He has invited his Boss and other colleagues.
Most of the colleagues have come and they all are happy for the young couple.
His Boss enters the party hall with a pretty woman. Some of
the colleagues know that she was his wife but protagonist gets shocked. She was
his ex-girlfriend who got married with the consent of her parents.
The pretty woman greets protagonist with a sweet 'Hello' and
they moved.
Write the exposition to show the changed mood of protagonist
and of those reaction who noticed.
- Amit Roop
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