I just have an odd question? If you were reading a dystopian book and there were a few chapters that were from a banned history book of that world, would you read those chapters?
I'm wondering if it's worth it to put effort into a 'history book' inside the book
However, there are two ways I have seen it done in the past:
First is having various excerpts from the book appear as chapters openings. I have this a lot, and it works. None went longer than half a page, and in all cases, it really helped contextualise the world in which we found ourselves.
Second, and this is clunkier, but it can work if done well, is have a character read from it at times. Or, if the character is that way inclined, recite it as they have memorised it.
There is a third time, and this I have seen used only once, and this in a classic comedy book, is have excerpts appear at random, giving context to the story, but also serving almost as scene breaks. That book? The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams (and its numerous sequels, but it's all the same thing).
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However, there are two ways I have seen it done in the past:
First is having various excerpts from the book appear as chapters openings. I have this a lot, and it works. None went longer than half a page, and in all cases, it really helped contextualise the world in which we found ourselves.
Second, and this is clunkier, but it can work if done well, is have a character read from it at times. Or, if the character is that way inclined, recite it as they have memorised it.
There is a third time, and this I have seen used only once, and this in a classic comedy book, is have excerpts appear at random, giving context to the story, but also serving almost as scene breaks. That book? The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams (and its numerous sequels, but it's all the same thing).