I'm writing a story about superpowered people, and I'm stuck as to how I can insert the back story of how the powers came to be and the government regulations around them organically, but they definitely need to be in the story for the world to make sense. Any tips or ideas?
Info dumps are always difficult, because I have the same problem with wanting to just throw it all out there at once. It's best if you can somehow integrate the important details throughout the first few chapters of the story, and the reader will learn about the world throughout this. If they like the story, they'll be patient enough to bear with you, but info-dumping all at once may not be the best way to do it. Like, in Hunger Games, everyone has a good general idea of the world by the end of chapter one, yet there are no info-dumps. They learn more, better details throughout the next few chapters. Does this make sense? I never know if I make sense, but I hope this helped in some way.