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Q&A How to integrate letters, in-universe book Snippets and the like into a story

I don't know if "best practices" are really a thing for writing, but I use the epigraph on top of every chapter to explain something is relevant to the chapter or something everyone in the room wou...

posted 5y ago by dmoonfire‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T12:54:53Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/47864
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar dmoonfire‭ · 2019-12-08T12:54:53Z (almost 5 years ago)
I don't know if "best practices" are really a thing for writing, but I use the epigraph on top of every chapter to explain something is relevant to the chapter or something everyone in the room would know. This was mainly because I hate the "as everyone in this room knows, the current president of United States is..." type of exposition. I found it a nice way of giving information without having someone explain what they are reading to another person.

Now, if you reference that quote inside. "Bob picked up a book by Walter Kine and puzzled over it." and your quote is by Walter Kine, it's a good indicator that the epigraphs are relevant to the story.

So, I'm in favor of it because I've been doing it for years. :D

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-09-06T13:32:49Z (about 5 years ago)
Original score: 3