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Revisit: What Do You Look For In Flashbacks?

(Originally posted on August 23, 2013.  Being an author of third person present tense, I really can’t use these.  They would be clunky and emersion shattering.  In general, I don’t like using them very often because they require a mental … Continue reading

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7 Tips to Writing a Story with Two Time Periods

First, I will say that I know what day it is.  Last year, I did a regular post and got a few private messages asking if I forgot what today is.  I live in New York, grew up in New … Continue reading

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Telling A Tale of Two Eras

A few months back, I watched a show on Amazon called ‘Fallout’  It was about characters in a post-apocalyptic landscape with the three protagonists having their own stories, which converge.  There were also scenes about the past events leading up … Continue reading

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When the Character Doesn’t Want to Go Back

Author– As their swords collide and the battle reaches its climax . .. FLASHBACK! Hero–  Wait!  What are you doing? Author–  Perfect time for a flashback. Hero–  No!  It’s a terrible time. Villain–  Let’s hear him out. Hero–  Shut up.  … Continue reading

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Bring it, 2019!

I was going to do a big post thinking back about this year.  Honestly, it started off messy and continued on that route.  Anxiety issues, semi-retirement from being an author, and a bunch of personal disasters.  I feel pretty thoroughly … Continue reading

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When One Stands in the Past and the Other in the Future

I realized something as I wrote War of Nytefall: Lost, but I wasn’t able to really flush it out because of the story.  I tried to investigate this a bit in a few scenes and it was on the border of … Continue reading

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Raise a Glass

We raise a glass to all our friends Of the past and present To those you knew Within your youthful days To the ones you meet Along your winding path To the pals who wandered far away Never entering your … Continue reading

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Atropos of the Future

Our sight is always on her As she shifts Transforming Into her younger siblings Her apathy is palpable For she cares not to be nice or mean Future is what we forge Whether we try or not

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Lachesis of the Present

Always by our side In a constant state of flux Living and dying Within every drip of time Ephemeral for us to hold The simple act of trying Causes change For the present Can never be frozen

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Clotho of the Past

Spinner of the past From birth Until the now Domain ever growing Threatening to trap us If we refuse to learn And rise above our history

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