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Q&A How should I introduce multiple characters without it being repetitive?

You need to introduce you characters that's a given but do you need to introduce them to the readers as a separate exercise, there I'm not so sure. It's going to read a little flashback-ish but if ...

posted 7y ago by Ash‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T07:46:40Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/32813
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Ash‭ · 2019-12-08T07:46:40Z (almost 5 years ago)
You need to introduce you characters that's a given but do you need to introduce them to the readers as a separate exercise, there I'm not so sure. It's going to read a little flashback-ish but if you present them to each other and they tell their stories of how they got caught up in this whole saga to each other, preferably with action scene interruptions you can introduce them separately and together at the same time and reduce the information burden on the reader to something manageable.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-01-26T15:57:09Z (almost 7 years ago)
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