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Topic	Why don't writers use longer time skips?
IronChef_Kirby 04/27/24 2:35:19 PM #33:	IceCreamOnStero posted... At 5+ years you'd have to start worrying about some major events, characters changing greatly themselves etc. This. A lot can happen in just a year, so the longer the time skip is, the more liable you are to have plot holes. You have to account for all the things that could potentially happen to not just the main character but the world and all the side characters, and that's pretty daunting. --- "Bro Just Let Me Karate Chop You And You Can Have As Many Skateboards As You Want" <cite>IronChef_Kirby posted [p:980123751] in Why don't ... [t:80756820]...</cite> <quote>IceCreamOnStero posted... </cite><quote>At 5+ years you'd have to start worrying about some major events, characters changing greatly themselves etc.</quote>This. A lot can happen in just a year, so the longer the time skip is, the more liable you are to have plot holes. You have to account for all the things that could potentially happen to not just the main character but the world and all the side characters, and that's pretty daunting. --- "Bro Just Let Me Karate Chop You And You Can Have As Many Skateboards As You Want"</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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