Talking the Talk: Using Dialogue to Seamlessly Weave Exposition

How watching detective dramas can improve your writing

Scully and Mulder, probably still talking about the case. Photograph by Ed Araquel/FOX

Exposition. Every story needs it. But for many of us, it can be challenging to convey the right information at the right time and in the right way.

Dialogue is often an effective way to get information across quickly. It’s more dynamic than a caption at the top of a com…