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Please please please PLEASE use date/time of day references. Please. With chocolate on top. It's way too easy to get lost in the flow of narration and not have a damn clue when we are. Is it morn...
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#4: Attribution notice removed
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System
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2019-12-13T12:00:24Z (over 4 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T03:42:46Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/12729 License name: CC BY-SA 3.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision
Please please please PLEASE use date/time of day references. Please. With chocolate on top. It's way too easy to get lost in the flow of narration and not have a damn clue when we are. Is it morning? Is it night? Shouldn't the moon be out? How can the narrator see the cows jumping off the cliff if it's the middle of the night? Why is daylight slanting through the blinds if it's noon? Also, as an editor, I pay close attention to all the pretty details which the writer adds to give the scene flavor, and sometimes missing the time of day, or the day of the week, can entirely snarl up a plot if the character is supposed to be at work on Tuesday morning but the writer forgot that it's Wednesday.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2014-08-27T18:50:36Z (over 9 years ago)
Original score: 4