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Old 12-07-2017, 05:29 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by skb View Post
Flashbacks. How I loathe that term.

Trouble is, I don't know what else to call it (them). In one word, that is. And strictly speaking, I don't think I have a flashback situation here...

So, I've got two characters. The story starts with the POV of one of them. Stuff happens. But there's stuff that happens that Character One doesn't see/know.

The big reveal (sigh) comes from Character Two's POV of those same (plus bits) events. Which, of course, is different.

It makes sense in my head. I just can't make it work with words (words are so hard. Who knew?).

I'm thinking (and believe me, that's not necessarily a good thing) that as long as I stay strictly to the POVs of the two characters, it should work(ish).

Or, I could stick to designing websites.

Discuss. Please.
Recent book The Last Mrs. Parrish (a domestic thriller) uses this technique to good effect.
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