#ScribesAndMakers June 10: (Excluding time travel) Do you have a preference between books that progress linearly and books that jump back and forth in time (flashbacks etc)?
Let the needs of the story show you the conceits and devices and techniques that it requires. What other approach is there?
#Writing #Writers #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #AmWriting #Scriberspace
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