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Q&A When writing non-linear, do I have to note time changes?

You may do it, you may not. Pulp Fiction didn't do it, neither Memento. When writing a small nonlinear section in my novel, I didn't do it. However, in all of those instances there are several thi...

posted 7y ago by FFN‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#2: Initial revision by user avatar FFN‭ · 2019-12-08T07:26:02Z (about 5 years ago)
You may do it, you may not. Pulp Fiction didn't do it, neither Memento. When writing a small nonlinear section in my novel, I didn't do it.

**However** , in all of those instances there are several things that might have inspired the author not to use scene cues.

- In Pulp Fiction, there aren't many time jumps and, most of time, they are very self evident.
- In Memento, (and in my novel) the movie is _intended_ to be confusing.

I would say the need for scene cues should be based on how many time-jumps there are (scene cues get tiring quickly), if you want the story to be confusing and if the time jumps are linear or not (Scenes A, B and C happen in the chronological order ABC, but are presented in the order BAC).

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-11-26T12:15:41Z (about 7 years ago)
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