Retyping the Speckled Band, Part 2: Information Dumps

Originally posted January 16, 2008.

Last time, we looked at Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s techniques of:

  • opening the story;
  • non-direct dialog;
  • laser-focused description;
  • establishment of character.

Today we’re going to look at how Doyle attacks one of the most difficult methods for any fiction writer: the information dump.

Let us type.

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