Casual world depth

The key technique is not exposition but assumption: a character asks how long another person has lived in Santa Lucina, and the narrative proceeds. The place gains reality by being socially presupposed rather than laboriously explained.

Relations

Slain Hero · World-Building Through Micro-Error

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