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Q&A Is it a bad writing practice to open a story with a time frame when the time frame is irrelevant?

Example from my own writing: One time, I sent letters, pretending to be a god. I spent last week sending letters, pretending to be a god. The recipient of these letters was Aiko Kobayashi...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by alex‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T06:41:19Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/28899
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar alex‭ · 2019-12-08T06:41:19Z (almost 5 years ago)
Example from my own writing:

One time, I sent letters, pretending to be a god.

> I spent last week sending letters, pretending to be a god.
> 
> The recipient of these letters was Aiko Kobayashi, the girl who sat six rows behind me ...

I just wrote _last week_ because I felt that writing: _I sent letters, pretending to be a god_ was a bit, dunno, just didn't sound right.

It this a bad writing practice? If the time frame is irrelevant, should I use _One time, I wrote ..._ instead?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-06-25T07:02:19Z (over 7 years ago)
Original score: 0