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I looked at a few questions regarding time lapse, but I didn't find one that helped. In my story I skip parts of the life of my main character, because they don't drive the plot, but of course wri...
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T07:07:47Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/30717 License name: CC BY-SA 3.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision
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E.Milla
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2019-12-08T07:07:47Z (almost 5 years ago)
I looked at a few questions regarding time lapse, but I didn't find one that helped. In my story I skip parts of the life of my main character, because they don't drive the plot, but of course write those that do. My protagonists timeline looks like this: child (introduction), teenager (starts training), after a year she embarks on a ship, after seven months a major event happens, after 2 years she leaves the ship. From that point time moves regularly. I skipped those periods of time, because nothing happens except her working or training. But I don't want to appear lazy or give the impression of a story full of holes. So, to recap: **how often can I use time lapse without it getting annoying?** Thanks!
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2017-10-09T00:31:54Z (about 7 years ago)
Original score: 5