Tag Archive | flashbacks

Flashbacks Are BAD (Unless They’re Good)

Originally posted on DAN ALATORRE:
Using my unreleased manuscript An Angel On Her Shoulder, I am showing you my techniques for reworking a story into a more readable, more enjoyable piece. It’s 45+ lessons in about 31 days. (To start at Chapter 1, click HERE.) To view it best, bring up the two versions in different…

Using Backstory Effectively

By The Owl Lady June 27, 2015 Leave a comment

Originally posted on Kristen Lamb's Blog:
? Image via Flikr Creative Commons courtesy of Zoetnet. All righty. So we have been discussing “flashbacks” and I have been working hard to pull this blanket term apart because not everything that shifts back in time is the dreaded “training wheel flashback” that make us editors break…

#SATurday: The Lion Sleeps in a Casino

By The Owl Lady February 23, 2015 Leave a comment

Originally posted on Shannon A. Thompson:
#SATurday: The Lion Sleeps in a Casino When I was younger, my family moved around a lot – more times than what I can list here without risking your gaze blurring over – but we always visited Kansas every year. My mother’s parents lived in Kansas, and it was…

The Defeatist- An extract from chapter 14

By The Owl Lady February 11, 2015 Leave a comment

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