Designing Flashbacks In Fiction
A flashback isn’t a memory dump. It’s a pressure device. It must interrupt the present, reframe the stakes, and end in a turn. This essay shows how to structure flashbacks that change the story not just explain it.
A flashback isn’t a memory dump. It’s a pressure device. It must interrupt the present, reframe the stakes, and end in a turn. This essay shows how to structure flashbacks that change the story not just explain it.