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Unlock Your Story And Pitch Your Screenplay In One Simple Sentence - Naomi Beaty

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The Danger of a Flashback

The danger of flashbacks is that we might be watching it and going like, Oh, they've met before. She actually had a crush on him when she was a teenager. And that could change how we understand your story. It could also just confuse us and make us wonder like, what is it with this woman and this guy? I don't know what's happening with them. So maybe that's too much backstory. Could be. Also, also, if you are writing that story and you want to put that backstory in, could be something that you don't need a flashback for"

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