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Q&A How to introduce a world that's alien to the reader

I'm writing sort of a space-opera and I was wondering what would the best way to explain everything about the world to my readers. The story is kind of a political intrigue, and it would be very ea...

2 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by Burnlan‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:30:02Z (about 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/10855
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Burnlan‭ · 2019-12-08T03:30:02Z (about 5 years ago)
I'm writing sort of a space-opera and I was wondering what would the best way to explain everything about the world to my readers. The story is kind of a political intrigue, and it would be very easy for the reader to get confused.

In this universe there is quite a lot of propaganda and government disinformation in magazines and such. I'm thinking about placing these in-between my chapters as a way of explaining the setting to the reader. Is it a good idea? And in general **how do you explain a made-up setting to the reader?**

(also, it's my first post, yay !)

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2014-04-30T12:28:52Z (over 10 years ago)
Original score: 8