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Is it a good idea to “split” the action/setting to show actions of other characters elsewhere, or make it flow straight through? Example: My protagonist gets kidnapped. There’s a scene where she is...
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T09:59:45Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/39551 License name: CC BY-SA 3.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision
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Tony
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2019-12-08T09:59:45Z (almost 5 years ago)
Is it a good idea to “split” the action/setting to show actions of other characters elsewhere, or make it flow straight through? Example: My protagonist gets kidnapped. There’s a scene where she is transported, two scenes where she is captive, then the big rescue scene. In a movie, it would break and go show other characters and what they are doing while she’s captive, then return to her. That’s what I’m wanting to do. Put in a scene of the rescue planning and another of her friend going about her day that doesn’t even realize she missing yet. But how does that work in writing? Thank you.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2018-10-20T19:58:35Z (about 6 years ago)
Original score: 3