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

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The Effect of Flashbacks on the Audience

I think that there definitely are stories that maybe could be told in parallel timelines, right? And if we're going to take the librarian example one step further, so maybe there is a timeline of when she was 10 years old and I don't know. So they chose to tell the story across different timelines for a deliberate effect. That really is the goal before you make any sort of style or structural choices: understanding what is the effect that you're trying to have on the audience.

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