Sirrocco Wrote:Possibly *let* it be somewhat separated in time. Write a prelude where Tsunade gives a briefing to some random side character (deliberately/explicitly not identified at the time) who wasn't otherwise involved, as part of giving him/her a long-term assignment that involves them doing stuff quietly for a while. At some point after the story kicks into full gear, this character shows up again, having just finished a year's worth of plot-relevant prep work. Let you get in your exposition and set up a heck of a Chekov's gunman at the same time.Hmm. That indirectly gave me a piece of inspiration for a character I wasn't sure what to do with, so thanks.
I'm currently a thousand words into attempt three at an in-character recap/prologue, and I'm running into the problem that making the conversation flow naturally is making it hard to get plot points across in enough detail and in a chronological enough order to do its job as a recap. I guess it is stretching my writing muscles, at least.
Aaron Nowack