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Q&A Techniques for creating a bridge between protagonists from different generations

If you're moving between timelines — one set of events happens in 1940 and one set happens in 1990 — the simplest way is to have one timeline per chapter and put the year (or detailed date) at the ...

posted 11y ago by Lauren Ipsum‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T03:03:50Z (about 5 years ago)
If you're moving between timelines — one set of events happens in 1940 and one set happens in 1990 — the simplest way is to have one timeline per chapter and put the year (or detailed date) at the top of the chapter, either as a headline or a dateline in italics.

If you're doing the same thing inside a chapter, you need some kind of break (at least a few hard returns, if not some kind of dingbat) and then the dateline (_June 1, 1940_) before the text starts.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2013-09-07T12:22:05Z (over 11 years ago)
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