Matt
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Hi I'm writing a fantasy short story and I'm unsure how to write a main character having a flashback as someone else. Say if the characters name is John and he's having a flashback as another chara called Sally do I use John said or Sally said within the flashback? Cheers
Lois McMaster Bujold
Like all stylistic questions, the answer is It Depends. I would say Sally, but whether you could make that work would depend on how smoothly you set up the transition in and out of the flashback, embedding the necessary clues and traffic signals for the reader. Which might depend in turn on what reason your point-of-view character is channeling the memories of another person or personality.
For writing advice generally, I always rec Pat Wrede's book Wrede on Writing; also her blog, http://www.pcwrede.com/blog/
Ta, L.
For writing advice generally, I always rec Pat Wrede's book Wrede on Writing; also her blog, http://www.pcwrede.com/blog/
Ta, L.
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