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Q&A How to show characters learning something in a non-boring way?

Okay so I want to write a fiction where a character is learning something, for example a language, such as Japanese. I want to show the entire process of learning the language with all the details ...

3 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by guest‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Question fiction characters
#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:36:56Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/12365
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar guest‭ · 2019-12-08T03:36:56Z (almost 5 years ago)
Okay so I want to write a fiction where a character is learning something, for example a language, such as Japanese. I want to show the entire process of learning the language with all the details included, but I also don't want it to bore the reader. Is this possible?

I was thinking of showing the thought processes of the character, for example the character going "Ah!, So these are the vowels in the Japanese language." But I fear doing this repeatedly for everything might end up boring the reader.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2014-07-11T18:45:14Z (over 10 years ago)
Original score: 11