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: My protagonist being needed for my story is a life changing event, does that mean the event needs to be in my story? My protagonist is a first-generation native on a colony world. The general
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: Transitions in a Story I’m writing a historical fiction story set in the 1800s; the family has to move a lot when the protagonist is younger due to financial reasons, and the siblings often
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: How do I tell my main character’s backstory throughout the book? I'm loosely working on a trilogy. Book One and Two are supposed to contain the main character’s backstory, divided by two
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: Writing Longer Flashbacks In my story my MC has suffered a severe injury and has no recollection of who he was before it occurred. He knows what happened and where he was when it occurred
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: Any Tips On Writing Extended Recollection In A Novel So, I've been working for about a month now on my latest novel but have come across some issues in regards to recollections of past events.
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: Should the audience be immediately aware of the reason for a flashback? In the pilot episode of "The Americans" Elizabeth has a flashback to something that happened twenty years earlier. Seeing
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: What effects do the different types of flashbacks produce? Different types of "Flashbacks" In this question, the OP asks what the different types of flashbacks are, which of them is used
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: Tackling backstory while writing multiple POVs I am trying to write from multiple points of views with my first fiction book. I need to handle backstory (part of the overall plot) where all
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: How can I start in media res and provide enough back-story to hook people, all in the first chapter? My story (novella?) starts in media res, in the middle of the conflict that will set the
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: How to show a short, sequential passing of time, without changing the scene I was working on a story for practice; I have been putting it off for some time. I am extremely new to writing
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: Formatting a dream inside a flashback I'm writing a first-person POV in which my MC has flashbacks/memories of previous lives. As these happen several times throughout the novel, I use italics
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: What is the role of "flashback" in my novel? I start my Revolutionary War novel on August 21, 1780, when "boy meets girl." Specifically, the hero is rescued from British captivity by a bunch
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: How to show a flashback in a screenplay? I’ve searched the questions and couldn’t find this. I don’t quite understand how to notate/show a flashback in a screenplay. Not just the format,
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: Writing flashbacks in novels You would have seen many movies where the flow of the story goes in such a way - The present life of the protagonist - talks with someone / sees something -
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: I’m considering adding a flashback to my script. Are they so bad? I know that some people say flashbacks are to be frowned upon. But I’m in a situation where I feel a flashback could
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: What are great examples of fiction where characters draw on their past to make decisions in the present? I am specifically wondering how to best blend the main character's past with the decision
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: Flashback or Framing, does either work After reading up on flashbacks, both on this site and others, I learned that flashbacks should be used sparingly since most readers enjoy a story from
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: I've got too many flashbacks A story riddled with flashbacks is a sign of weakness, unless it's a device. But, I'm finding that for my MC, she's flashing back a bit to the past, a bit more
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: Starting In The Middle And Flashing Back Specifically, I want to know about whether or not it's okay to start at a point that gives a little bit away. In my story, the main character gets
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: Different types of "Flashbacks" In a novel, particurlarly fiction, what are the basic ways to reveal something that happened in the past? What ways, (flashback, protagonist telling, etc.) are the
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: Which of the two cases of writing Flashback Stories is better? I am currently working on a story which is based on a flashback event of life. I want the past scene to appear as a current
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: Present tense novel with past tense flashbacks I'm currently writing a mystery novel in the third person present tense. I chose this to create more suspense as I like the idea that the reader
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: Question about longer chapter length flashbacks I'm working on a novel. The POV never leaves my main character (third person point of view.) Throughout the story he is given hints at a past
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: Flashbacks as chapters ordered (almost) chronologically I just finished the first draft of my novel. From my previous question: Sushi Break A story about a girl who travels 3 hours
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: Would it be annoying for the reader if the all the scenes alternate between "present" and flashback? I'm writing a short story with the following structure: B tells A she is gravely sick
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: Is it common for flashbacks to not to follow a chronological order? I'm writing a short story with the following structure: Scene 1: Deshi and Yuqi are in a mountain searching for an abandoned
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: Is it necessary to make clear "when" an event occur in a flashback? Few examples: Saki first became aware of her sixth finger at the age of five. Her aunt had come to visit the house
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: Is it unusual for a flashback to have a very long dialogue? This flashback is from a short story I'm writing (unedited first draft): I met Limei last summer. Our class had organized a graduation
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: Getting details of a past century right I have been gathering ideas for a novel. The basic idea is in place; the story combines two different eras but the same place. How do I get the little
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: Flashback or dream as a means of hinting at more going on than meets the eye I plan to use a dream or flashback as a way to show the reader the story has more going on behind the scenes.
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: Do flashbacks break up short stories too much? Recently, I wrote a short story that contains a flashback in the middle that was used to explain a major plot point in the story. Does a significant
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: How to improve the ending of this short story (final scene + flashback) This is sort of the continuation of this previous question. The full text is here (just in case). Sophia grabbed
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: Should a long flashback be written in first or third person? In my novel there will be a chapter-length flashback as one character relates a story from his past. The rest of the novel is
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: Should a flashback be in past tense or past perfect? Assuming the story itself is in past tense, normally when I go further into the past I'd use past perfect: He had first met her at the
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