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I start my Revolutionary War novel on August 21, 1780, when "boy meets girl." Specifically, the hero is rescued from British captivity by a bunch of guerrillas. One of these guerrillas takes him ho...
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T08:39:58Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Tom Au
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2019-12-08T08:39:58Z (almost 5 years ago)
I start my Revolutionary War novel on August 21, 1780, when "boy meets girl." Specifically, the hero is rescued from British captivity by a bunch of guerrillas. One of these guerrillas takes him home to meet his sister. Shortly after the meeting, I show a flashback to the battle where the hero was wounded and captured, on August 16, 1780, _five days before_ the story "officially" begins. This battle generates the conflict; the hero has had enough of war, while the heroine wants him to join her brother in his successful fight. A critic felt that this "backstory" was unnecessary. I believe that it is necessary. How does one determine who's right? And if I'm right, is "flashback" or some other method a good way to present the battle? In a movie, I would present the battle first, because of its "action," but in a novel, I reversed the order and presented the "meeting" first.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2018-04-29T00:19:00Z (over 6 years ago)
Original score: 4