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17.11: Structuring with Multiple Timelines
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20 minutes
Released:
Mar 13, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, Peng Shepherd, and Howard Tayler
Guest host Peng Shepherd continues to lead our exploration of sub- and micro-structures by taking us into the scaffolding of in media res, flashbacks, and other tools for structuring a story by telling it out of chronological order. We also cover how to do this without breaking the flow of the story.
Liner Notes: The "trousers of time" book Howard referenced was Jingo, by Terry Pratchett.
Credits: This episode was recorded by Marshall Carr, Jr., and mastered by Alex Jackson
Guest host Peng Shepherd continues to lead our exploration of sub- and micro-structures by taking us into the scaffolding of in media res, flashbacks, and other tools for structuring a story by telling it out of chronological order. We also cover how to do this without breaking the flow of the story.
Liner Notes: The "trousers of time" book Howard referenced was Jingo, by Terry Pratchett.
Credits: This episode was recorded by Marshall Carr, Jr., and mastered by Alex Jackson
Released:
Mar 13, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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