tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313130055534395503.post714544279159935081..comments2023-09-17T06:13:58.403-04:00Comments on Unshakeable Hope: MFA Monday: Blast to the Past (Incorporating flashbacks without your agent hating you)Heidi Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18420802651029097379noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313130055534395503.post-35800724315022032192011-10-23T03:21:43.791-04:002011-10-23T03:21:43.791-04:00Thank you thank you for this! It's so clear a...Thank you thank you for this! It's so clear and also reassures me of how to break the rules correctly (in a rule-following way, I guess? :P)Sophia Changhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10946233873722107937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313130055534395503.post-69115409703517891642011-10-12T09:45:06.022-04:002011-10-12T09:45:06.022-04:00Great explanation. I find that I like to use flash...Great explanation. I find that I like to use flashbacks because usually in most of my books, the character is thinking about someone who already died or a past relationship.Terri Tiffanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07771622379178654235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313130055534395503.post-7526822895680345942011-10-11T22:40:18.767-04:002011-10-11T22:40:18.767-04:00I glanced at The Friday Night Knitting Club recent...I glanced at The Friday Night Knitting Club recently while browsing a used book store but decided to get Mary Lawson's Crow Lake instead. Sounds like that was a good choice, yes? :)<br /><br />One of my favourite authors that deals with flashbacks amazingly well is Joseph Boyden (Three Day Road). But you have done an excellent job of explaining the technique. Thanks!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313130055534395503.post-5071185430406708202011-10-10T15:54:53.693-04:002011-10-10T15:54:53.693-04:00Nice job of describing the difference between flas...Nice job of describing the difference between flashbacks and backstory. Kristin Cashore wove in backstory rather seamlessly in Chapter One of GRACELING. I came up with a prologue for my fantasy, and realized that, while thrilling, it was all backstory. Oh well, I had fun writing it! ;-)kathrynjankowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16708011523767228663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7313130055534395503.post-10386680809325294732011-10-10T11:35:10.913-04:002011-10-10T11:35:10.913-04:00Water for Elephants is one of those books where MO...Water for Elephants is one of those books where MOST of the story is flashback.<br /><br />The Summer series by Jenny Han did a masterful job with flashbacks.<br /><br />I'm working on one now where it starts at a certain point in time, and then flashes back over the weekend before this huge chunk of news was dropped. You know the girl doesn't believe what's being said, so hopefully, the reader will be looking for clues.<br />OR it completely sucks, and I re-write the story. Again . . .<br /><br />I have a book I've wanted to write since I started writing, but the flashbacks that I know need to be done have prevented me. I think it takes a pretty skilled author to do them well.<br />LOVE your tips on here :DJolene Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14809468564016928636noreply@blogger.com