Need to Spice Up Summary?

Humor can help keep the pace of a narrative up and avoid boring a reader even over a multi-day exposition dump.

One significant challenge when crafting a story is keeping summary interesting and exciting. Will readers grow bored of backstory and details necessary for the plot but not part of a scene? How can a writer keep readers engaged when brushing over long periods that the audience never sees?

As Janet Burroway writes in Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative…