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5. This isn't really a flashback if it is that long. It's more a non-linear narrative. What is its purpose? What

Sun Nov 17, 2024, 11:20 AM

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are you trying to achieve? How do you introduce it to the reader? Is it a memory? Will the reader understand these things?

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Where do you stand on flashbacks. Good? Bad? Short? Long? [View all] padah513 Nov 17 OP

For. lastlib Nov 17 #2

I use them Jilly_in_VA Nov 17 #3

An 80-page flashback seems far too long. Lonestarblue Nov 17 #4

They can work, but often they are just a lazy gimmick. LisaM Nov 17 #6

Thanks for the replies. padah513 Nov 17 #7

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