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meg_evonne:
LOL, I needed a laugh. 

--- Quote from: Kali on December 28, 2009, 07:21:48 PM ---Proper mastery of the flashback.  Well done flashbacks can really enhance a story.  Poorly done, they can derail the story entirely and make the writer look like he/she has no ability to plan, plot, or properly convey information.

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This last work has a long stringing flashback that kabooms with the final climax.  I didn't study it however, and I think that would be a wonderful endeavor as I re-edit that work and use it in the new work.  I love really neat flashbacks well done.  I think I'll work on this along with a serious attempt to lengthen my description.  People tend to say I write 'too fast'.  I do plan on breathers between action sequences, and my descriptions are extremely targeted and concise, and sometimes minimalist. 

I don't know if the minimal description is part of my style (I fear it is, which is why I adore JB's power packed description) or a default in my writing.  Neurovore got me on to Charlie Huston's Already Dead and it's unusual style that I feel in love with as well.  It might be nice though to lengthen my description while still making it active, plot pushing description to see if works or not.

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