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Ep. 583: 14 Tips for Dealing With the Passage of Time in a Story

Helping Writers Become Authors

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Six Questions to Ask Your Story Writers About Passage of Time Sequences

If you have chosen to dramatize these scenes, it will be important to make sure things are still happening. The choice between dramatization and samation is not strictly either or. Depending on how much time passes in your sequence, you may choose to use both. A simple, although definitely not fail proof, way to jud if these scenes are working is to evaluate whether you enjoy writing them as much as you do the rest of the story.

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