The Perfect Balance Between Lore and Exposition | Nit Writs Episode 4

In this episode, we discuss our fav lore! We actually didn’t fully talk through everything and ended up discussing a lot about exposition (but I’m sure we’ll return to lore discussions in general–but exposition is a huge part of that convo!). We do our reading check ins (spoiler alert for When the Moon Hatched and Fallen and the Kiss of Dusk!) where we heavily discuss Allie’s experience finishing When the Moon Hatched and the things she liked and also had some issues with for that book! We also end with a fantastic poem called “Another Elegy ["This is what our dying looks like"]” by Jericho Brown. Read it here:

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57693/another-elegy-this-is-what-our-dying-looks-like

What about you?? What do you look for in terms of lore? What breaks your immersion quickest??

Intro and Outro Music is by Chasing West

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Chapters:

00:00–Cold open, intro song, and episode intro

00:41–Reading check ins!

Allie finished When the Moon Hatched and had some THOUGHTS (SPOILER ALERT for When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A Parker!!), plus exposition tangent

Sam finished Mother of Death & Dying and started the Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk (both by Carissa Broadbent)

33:42–Writing check ins!

48:43–Main Discussion: Lore Discussion

1:09:07–(TW–implied SI) Poem of the Week! “Another Elegy [“This is what our dying looks like”]” by Jericho Brown

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57693/another-elegy-this-is-what-our-dying-looks-like

1:16:18–Next week, closing & outro music