: Re: When writing non-linear, do I have to note time changes? Iâ€™m writing a non linear drama and my question is: do I have to notate what will be seen literally in the film, like age differences

You may do it, you may not. Pulp Fiction didn't do it, neither Memento. When writing a small nonlinear section in my novel, I didn't do it.

However, in all of those instances there are several things that might have inspired the author not to use scene cues.

In Pulp Fiction, there aren't many time jumps and, most of time, they are very self evident.
In Memento, (and in my novel) the movie is intended to be confusing.

I would say the need for scene cues should be based on how many time-jumps there are (scene cues get tiring quickly), if you want the story to be confusing and if the time jumps are linear or not (Scenes A, B and C happen in the chronological order ABC, but are presented in the order BAC).

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