James N. Frey Quote
Before you go ahead with a flashback, ask yourself if you canmake the same impact on your reader through conflict in thenow of the novel. If the answer is no, then the flashback isnecessary, but remember that within the flashback all the sameprinciples of good dramatic storytelling which apply in the nowof your story—fully rounded characters, a rising conflict, innerconflicts, and so on—continue to apply.
James N. Frey
Before you go ahead with a flashback, ask yourself if you canmake the same impact on your reader through conflict in thenow of the novel. If the answer is no, then the flashback isnecessary, but remember that within the flashback all the sameprinciples of good dramatic storytelling which apply in the nowof your story—fully rounded characters, a rising conflict, innerconflicts, and so on—continue to apply.
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