From the course: The Foundations of Fiction

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Mini lecture: I remember when (advanced)

Mini lecture: I remember when (advanced)

From the course: The Foundations of Fiction

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Mini lecture: I remember when (advanced)

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(soft music) - So, this is the I Remember When prompt. This was the one where we got assigned a person and then we had to fill in a flashback. - Random flashback. - Random, random flashback. So which two did you get? - Mine sort of made sense together. - Oh, really? - I know that some of the pairings are probably weird. Mine was a person waiting in line at a coffee shop flashes back to the time they thought they were being chased. - Oh, okay. - That's not too odd, but it was really fun. I enjoyed it. I wrote: I glance around the... Let me start again. I glance around the crowded coffee shop. My eyes immediately scanning the faces, building profiles, assessing threats. A guy falling asleep into his latte while he pretends to read The New Yorker, harmless. Woman gossiping to friend about the amazing sex she had last night, clearly an exaggerator, but also harmless. Man obsessively checking a pocket watch tucked into his vest, hmm. My gaze zeroes in on the watch, my mind racing with…

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