I have looked online and in books and cannot find an answer to this query. I'm working on a script with flashbacks within flashbacks: Begins in...
How long can a flashback be...I wrote one that was a reflection, which lasted a complete chapter, and was encouraged to make it a short paragraph.
Hi ! Can someone explain to me where the differences between FLASHBACK and BACKSTORY lie? Thank you.
I have a main character suffering from PTSD (result of a tramatic event, four years prior). My plot, as well as the developing relationship...
So I got this story. To counter act information dumping I have tons of flashbacks. In a sense it is a story about 1 person and it is her...
Recently the muse has taken me for one heck of a ride. One of the reasons I joined this site. And while waiting for the 2 weeks to post actual...
I need a consensus, guys. I've seen this advice a thousand times - never open your novel with a dream sequence, which is what I've been advised...
So I'm in the middle of writing this short that's turning out to not be so short anymore.... Anyways, you know how you can discover your story as...
While working on a story I decided that the opening would be much stronger with an event that happens at a point just a short ways down the actual...
The novel is about a group of people embarking on a long voyage from which they will probably not return. Do you prefer: A) Introducing the...
Hi Everyone, I'm new to writing, I'm only one chapter in and I'm already stuck :P My story starts out in the present, my main character is...
The questions in the title for this one. I'm writing a short story where the MC is waiting for something to happen wondering why the hell he's...
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