The introduction is the act of introducing all the characters and setting the stage for the conflict that is going to arise later. The introduction is one of the most important parts of a story. Without the introduction, the reader doesn’t know who the characters are, where the conflict lies, or what happens next.
The introduction is one of the most important parts of a story. Without the introduction, the reader doesnt know who the characters are, where the conflict lies, or what happens next. It’s not necessarily an author’s fault when the introduction is not successful. It’s usually due to the author’s lack of understanding of the characters. In my own writing, I’m rarely introduced.
That said, the introduction can be a great way to introduce characters. In the case of Deathloop, the introduction was really effective. The character introduction in the trailer was a little more involved, with more details of the universe, but still, a very effective way to start with the characters.
The introduction doesn’t always have to be a good introduction. If the characters are introduced to the readers without much of a connection to the backstory, it can be effective to introduce the characters. The introduction in the trailer for Deathloop was a good example. The characters don’t seem to have a clue about where they are. They are just thrown together in a cave where they have no idea what is going on. That is not the kind of introduction that works well.
The only case where an introduction can be considered a bad introduction is if it is just a brief introduction. If a character is introduced when they have no idea about the events leading up to that introduction, then it is a bad introduction. It is also, in my opinion, extremely important to introduce the characters in a way that the reader can understand the conflict and the characters behind the conflict. The problem with a good introduction is that it is difficult to follow.
The problem is that if you introduce the characters and conflict in the same way you introduce a book, it is difficult to understand the conflict. I can see a situation where a book gets introduced by writing a short, one-paragraph introduction that the author can relate to the backstory. I can also see a situation where you introduce the characters and conflict in a way that you can use later on in the story.
While the introduction of a book is a good place to start, this is not the only place you should introduce the characters and conflict. A good introduction should also involve setting up the conflict, either in terms of who it is that the characters are fighting against or why they are fighting them. It is impossible to define every conflict in terms of what it is against. For example, a character that hates the government might be fighting against the government because they don’t like the government.
The introduction of a book is a great time to work in establishing a conflict. It also shows the reader where the conflict is in relation to the characters, the story, and the overall plot.
A great example of an author’s introduction of characters and conflict is the introduction of the characters in The Hobbit. The prologue scene shows the author explaining to the reader what they are fighting against. Tolkien does this very well, as you should. It is then the characters that introduce the conflict, and how they are, and why they are fighting. In The Hobbit, the introduction of Bilbo Baggins is, “This is the great, great, dragon-riding dwarf.
The fact of the matter is that many authors are very bad with introductions. I mean, they are so bad that they do it on purpose. I can’t even imagine some of their stories were better if they had to tell the reader what was going on. The prologue of The Hobbit is one of the worst, not because of the characters, but because of the way it was told.
