I've struggled with this a lot in two series, trying to figure out how best to recap the events of previous books. So far, the closest I've come to figuring it out is to just not do it. Or do as little as possible.
If something is directly relevant to the current story, bring it up when it becomes important, the same as any other background or flashback. Otherwise, the readers don't really need to know.
Which sounds nice in theory, but still turns out to be a bit tricky in practice. I think it also depends a lot on how dependent the second book is on the events of the first.
Good luck! If you figure it out, please let the rest of us know :-)
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Date: 2010-11-07 02:54 pm (UTC)If something is directly relevant to the current story, bring it up when it becomes important, the same as any other background or flashback. Otherwise, the readers don't really need to know.
Which sounds nice in theory, but still turns out to be a bit tricky in practice. I think it also depends a lot on how dependent the second book is on the events of the first.
Good luck! If you figure it out, please let the rest of us know :-)