: Re: Time flips / thinking about past too often In my story so far, in this chapter labeled "Longing", there are some time flips, where it begins in the present and then goes way into the past,

I think a real danger you run into with this method is the 'man on a train scenario'. Remember that what your reader is immediately concerned with is what your character is doing now. Having him spend pages upon pages sitting on a train recalling his childhood might be extremely relevant, but to the reader it's still pages and pages of him being on a train and nothing really happening.

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: What is it called when the reader is the focal point? Here is an example of what I mean in present-tense (though narrative time is irrelevant): You walk into the empty room, you should be

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: Multiple POV's: Am I in over my head? Wondering if anyone with great wisdom can help me... I have 2 problems really that have pretty much stopped me writing anything decent for a few weeks.

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: Writing a full conversation in free indirect speech I'm writing a conversation between some no-good thievin' teens, and one of them has stolen a wallet, which has turned out to be that of an

: Re: Time flips / thinking about past too often In my story so far, in this chapter labeled "Longing", there are some time flips, where it begins in the present and then goes way into the past,

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: Do new writers stand a chance at a career without ambitions to write series? Simply put, I've been noticing a general truth in bookstores: Nearly every new book on the shelf is part of a

: What is it called when the reader is the focal point? Here is an example of what I mean in present-tense (though narrative time is irrelevant): You walk into the empty room, you should be

: Multiple POV's: Am I in over my head? Wondering if anyone with great wisdom can help me... I have 2 problems really that have pretty much stopped me writing anything decent for a few weeks.

: Writing a full conversation in free indirect speech I'm writing a conversation between some no-good thievin' teens, and one of them has stolen a wallet, which has turned out to be that of an

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