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Old 12-09-2017, 10:17 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by gmw View Post
But I got the impression that skb is not really talking about the traditional back-story situation here, but within the story - the overlap between points of views. In an omniscient narrative this isn't a problem, but where you are trying to keep each POV entirely within the head of a single character it can be an issue. ... So it's more like flash-sideways.
Yes! That's more like it - a flash-sideways. With no groundhogging (hopefully).

Although, at the moment I'm mostly I'm reading Faulkner (showing me how it's done), which is totally Dr Drib's fault.

Thanks everyone. I think I'm getting my plans straight-ish in my mind. The hardest thing is to stay inside one head. I'm realising that I tend to wobble around (which is not good at all) and I'd never noticed until I'm trying different things.
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