Comments on: To Flashback or Not To Flashback https://shepline.com/2007/01/31/to-flashback-or-not-to-flashback/ author | illustrator | digital designer Tue, 09 Apr 2013 10:07:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 By: bright_as_day https://shepline.com/2007/01/31/to-flashback-or-not-to-flashback/#comment-2510 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 10:56:57 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=1585#comment-2510 In reply to Thomas.

I would save the italics for the genuine flashbacks, I think. Reading through, I didn’t find it confusing, because it seemed very clear to me that we were reading Eleanor’s story, which had already been set up for the reader.

]]> By: Thomas https://shepline.com/2007/01/31/to-flashback-or-not-to-flashback/#comment-2509 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 17:36:20 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=1585#comment-2509 In reply to bright_as_day.

Thanks for looking at this/considering it…

Because the Eleanor story is so much of this chapter I was wondering whether I could leave it in roman type and save italic for ‘real’ flashbacks? Or should I put all scenes that are not happening in the hear and now in italics?

]]> By: bright_as_day https://shepline.com/2007/01/31/to-flashback-or-not-to-flashback/#comment-2508 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 11:23:34 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=1585#comment-2508 OK, I’ve had a chance to read. I think it works fine as you’ve done it – the only thing I’d suggest is to make it crystal-clear when you begin Eleanor’s ‘back story’, just with a row of asterisks or something. You lead the reader into it – Eleanor is going to tell them what happened to her – and I don’t personally have a problem with the ‘backstory’ being in present tense, as the rest of the book is written in that tense. Anyway, that’s my 2p’s worth 🙂

]]> By: bright_as_day https://shepline.com/2007/01/31/to-flashback-or-not-to-flashback/#comment-2507 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:24:56 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=1585#comment-2507 Actually I’m thinking I probably need to have this in front of me to be able to offer an informed opinion – could you email it to me? I won’t critique it, just let you know how it reads from the point of view of real-time vs flashbacks.

]]> By: bright_as_day https://shepline.com/2007/01/31/to-flashback-or-not-to-flashback/#comment-2506 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:59:44 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=1585#comment-2506 I promise I’ll get back to you on this – you might need to remind me! – having rather a hectic day as A. is off to London today for a work training course and won’t be back till Friday. He hates travelling (he’s going by train) and is in total Panic Mode!

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