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Q&A Is it okay to include world-building facts by "telling" instead of "showing"?

I think that depends on the nature of your narrator. If it is third person limited (the narrator only described the thoughts and feelings of one character, and the story is told by following that c...

posted 6y ago by Amadeus‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T07:57:50Z (over 4 years ago)
I think that depends on the nature of your narrator. If it is third person limited (the narrator only described the thoughts and feelings of one character, and the story is told by following that character), then I think you break the reader's expectations by knowing something that character does not.

In third-person omniscient, it should be fine, the narrator knows everything, including things the characters do not.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-02-14T21:09:46Z (about 6 years ago)
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