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Q&A Flashforward Tense

I am a new-ish author. I've written a lot of books, but they've never been published. Anyway, for this new book I'm about to write the first scene is a flash-forward to the end of the book. I reall...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Catherine‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T10:16:46Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/40472
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Catherine‭ · 2019-12-08T10:16:46Z (almost 5 years ago)
I am a new-ish author. I've written a lot of books, but they've never been published. Anyway, for this new book I'm about to write the first scene is a flash-forward to the end of the book. I really want to write the rest of the book in present tense, is there a way I can write that flash-forward scene so it is in the future and the rest of my book is present? Also what would be a good transition from future to present? Because "let me start from the beginning" is so movie-like.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-12-02T13:31:42Z (almost 6 years ago)
Original score: 1