buyjupiter
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I'm currently writing a short story that has a flash forward scene in it. I'm a bit confused as to what tense I should be writing the scene in, since the majority of my story is in simple past tense [with a little bit of subjunctive and other more complex past tenses].
Should flash forwards be written in future tense, ie He will do the thing? Present tense ie he is doing the thing? If not, [ie, I write the flash forward in whatever tense] how do I signal the narrative is moving forward through time?
Or am I thinking about this all wrong? Maybe I'm writing the majority of the story in flash back, and the moment or two I break out of the flashback I'm actually in story present. And therefore I should just use present tense?
This is as cleanly as I can think to write this story without making it boring. If I started with the famous historical incident, people are going to tune out because they already "know the story" and that's not the story I'm telling at all.
Thanks for all the help!
Should flash forwards be written in future tense, ie He will do the thing? Present tense ie he is doing the thing? If not, [ie, I write the flash forward in whatever tense] how do I signal the narrative is moving forward through time?
Or am I thinking about this all wrong? Maybe I'm writing the majority of the story in flash back, and the moment or two I break out of the flashback I'm actually in story present. And therefore I should just use present tense?
This is as cleanly as I can think to write this story without making it boring. If I started with the famous historical incident, people are going to tune out because they already "know the story" and that's not the story I'm telling at all.
Thanks for all the help!