From the course: Writing: The Craft of Story
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Example: Flashbacks, subplots, and foreshadowing
From the course: Writing: The Craft of Story
Example: Flashbacks, subplots, and foreshadowing
- The goal is to slip into the flashback or subplot at the precise moment we need to know the information it conveys, so that when the scene ends and we reenter the story, we have new insight into what's happening, and often, into what's actually at stake. With that in mind, let's take a look at this passage from a novel about Emma, a violinist about to give her very first recital. - [Narrator] As soon as they announced my name, I walked to center stage. I couldn't see past the brightness of the footlights, but I knew there were hundreds of Paganini devotees waiting to hear me play, to hear precisely how I would interpret one of the greatest works ever written for violin. I paused, and an image flashed through my mind. It was my eight birthday, and I'd just started taking violin lessons. I was at school, hoping no one knew it was my birthday because most kids' mom brought in cupcakes, and I knew mine wouldn't. I was mortified when the…
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