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Topic | Why don't writers use longer time skips? |
Squall28 04/27/24 10:02:03 AM #11: | SydnieStarlight posted...
The longer the time skip, the more the status quo has to change. Say the protagonist meets a bunch of people before the time skip and they all become friends. If you have, say, a ten-year time skip but don't factor that into the state of the friend group, it looks unrealistic. After ten years, you'd expect there to be changes. Maybe one of them died, maybe another got married. Maybe there was a falling out and half the group split off. If the friend group looks basically the same as they did ten years ago, it feels harder to believe. That actually makes my point STRONGER. Do you know what else these writers like to do? The protagonist will meet a friend group and act like they're best friends after they've known each other for a few months. If they're still friends after 10 years, you know they have a real bond. Instead we get characters acting all dramatic about people they just met. Some of these guys are barely even acquaintances. --- You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending. -Misattributed to CS Lewis ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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