: Re: How can I convey something without going into details? I am considering writing a novel in which society has fallen into a perverse pit of debauchery. This is necessary to the novel, but it

@Radia543

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Use your characters. What are their lives like? Working plumbing? Toilet paper? Are the streets safe? You can use dialogue rather than prose.

"What do you mean there was no milk at the store? They said last week it would be here for sure."

"The jerk behind the counter said, 'When it comes, it comes.' He wouldn't take my contact info either."

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