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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
Is this something that is likely to annoy people in the same way that present tense writing seems to annoy a few people? I know a lot of it will probably depend on how it is written.
Something like:
1. fight scene part 1
2. 2 hours ago, events leading up to fight.
3. fight scene part 2
4. 6 months ago
5. what happened after the fight
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I've only seen one book where this was used properly, and that was a Star Trek novel with the Guardian of Forever (the big talking time arch thingey) being used as a plot device because someone else was manipulating time to murder Counselor Troi, and retirement-age Riker wanted to set things right. Every other time I've seen flashbacks used, they were used badly.