[ SECRET POST #2992 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2992 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02.
[Grand Theft Auto 5]


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03.
[Zipang]


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04.
[Ricky Gervais]


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05.
[Tokyo Babylon/X1999]


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06.
[Dexter]


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07.
[The Mentalist]


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08.
[The Truth - Terry Pratchett]


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09.
[It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia]


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10.
[Douglas Adams]


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11.
[Black Books]


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12.
[Lucky Star]


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13.
[Edward Petherbridge as Lord Peter Wimsey]


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14.
[Ga-In, Brown Eyed Girls]


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15.
[Oz the Great and Powerful]


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[Colin Baker]


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17.
[9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors]


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18.
[Yatterman Night]


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19.
[Johnny the Homicidal Maniac]


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20.
[Blake's 7]


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21.
[Game Grumps]


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22.
[Alexis Denisof]







Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 07 pages, 170 secrets from Secret Submission Post #428.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Re: Writing Thread

[(Anonymous)]

I'm writing a longer story that involves both pov changes and flashbacks. I've read stories that use these techniques well but am aware that it can also be horrendous.

So far it seems a little clunky. Anyone got any advice on doing this well? (There is no other way to tell the story I want to tell.)

Re: Writing Thread

[(Anonymous)]

When it comes to POV changes, make sure they're still self-contained scenes, i.e. don't switch until a specific scene has some closure. Don't headhop, basically. Choose the scene you need to tell from that chara's POV and stick to it until that scene comes to an end or there's a natural switch point. If you find you can't tell the story you want to tell that way, then considering whether you're using the right POV chara for that scene in the first place or whether a different POV would be more effective and require less back-and-forth switching. Some writers switch on a chapter-by-chapter basis, so there's that too.

Flashbacks can be tricky things because some people just find them jarring anyway, however well they're done. Are you writing separate scenes/chapters set in the flashback, or are the flashbacks interrupting scenes in the present? The former is usually easier to deal with, but in general whatever most clearly differentiates it from the present time of the story is your best bet.