: Re: Do you need to have an introduction at the beginning of every book in a series? A series I am working on deals with an underlying storyline that progresses through each book. I'm afraid of

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Agree with James and Ipsum. I'll just add that, in addition to a glossary at the end with names and terminology, which can be very helpful for complex worlds, the way to do what you are talking about is via exploration of the characters feelings and associations when you meet them in the story.

So, instead of "while never giving up hope that they may one day see their loved ones again" as told from the perspective of a third-person omniscient, you can instead start the chapter with John, of of the heros, dreaming about his lost love and waking up with a start realizing that she is not there. You get the same info as a reader, but in a more personal and real way, and as part of the flow of the story.

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