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Three Core Time-Travel Models
- Time travel models differ: fixed past, branching timelines, and changeable pasts each shape story stakes and paradoxes.
- Choose a model deliberately because it defines what conflicts and puzzles you can plausibly explore.
Use Time Travel For Character Stakes
- Use time travel to create character-focused drama rather than just a magic fix for plots.
- Avoid treating it as a MacGuffin that simply saves the day without emotional cost.
The Emotional Cost Of Altering History
- Changing the past can erase entire lived experiences and universes, creating real emotional loss.
- That cost can be fertile ground for stories where characters must choose whether to destroy their own history.