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Writing Excuses 7.22: Microcasting

Writing Excuses

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How to Write a Prologue With a Mirror Scene

flashbacks can be very useful but they're frequently overused and it's often a way of you know writing lazily. Where I find flashbacks most effective is when they are triggered by something that the character is experiencing in that moment. You want to avoid having the flashback in the middle of the action scene. If you can sell that you can write anything but please don't try.

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