{"id":14405,"date":"2016-01-14T01:00:32","date_gmt":"2016-01-14T09:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=14405"},"modified":"2016-01-18T16:00:46","modified_gmt":"2016-01-19T00:00:46","slug":"time-and-your-story-by-kay-keppler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/14\/time-and-your-story-by-kay-keppler\/","title":{"rendered":"Time and Your Story by Kay Keppler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1FwDXpW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1FwDXpW\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12628 size-medium\" title=\"Loving Lucy by Kay Keppler\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/KayKeppler_LovingLucy_800-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"Loving Lucy by Kay Keppler\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/KayKeppler_LovingLucy_800-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/KayKeppler_LovingLucy_800-687x1024.jpg 687w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/KayKeppler_LovingLucy_800-300x447.jpg 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/KayKeppler_LovingLucy_800.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a>Let\u2019s\u00a0welcome\u00a0back monthly columnist, editor\u00a0and novelist\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1ICkoOc\" target=\"_blank\">Kay Keppler<\/a>, as she shares with us about \u201cTime and Your Story.\u201d\u00a0<em>Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><strong>Now that we\u2019ve entered a new year<\/strong>\u2014a new time, essentially\u2014it seems like a good moment to think about how you use time in your story and what place and function it serves.<\/p>\n<p>Your protagonist\u2019s story begins on the day that changes\u2014when the world becomes unstable\u2014and ends when everything becomes stable again. The time that passes in the story is current time, or the <em>Now<\/em> of the story; how you use that time affects the story\u2019s content and meaning.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Stay in the Now<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Generally speaking, you want readers to feel the rising tension as your protagonist feels it. This tension is interrupted if you step outside the Now and:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Slow the narrative pace until the action is unfeasible<\/li>\n<li>Interrupt the story for authorial intrusion or flashbacks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Remember Pacing<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Think how real-life conversations work, and don\u2019t let your characters sit and think when they\u2019re talking to someone or in the middle of a hair-raising rescue. If two of your characters are chatting and one of them stops to think for a page, the other character is just standing there, doing nothing. If the first character snaps out of it and apologizes, you\u2019re still in the Now because you\u2019ve acknowledged that a page\u2019s worth of time has passed. You\u2019re also still in the Now if the second character complains about the first character\u2019s daydream.<\/p>\n<p>But if you resume the conversation after a long sidestep with no acknowledgement that time has passed, neither your characters nor your readers will be in the Now because you broke the scene\u2019s pacing and destroyed that sense of experiencing the action with the characters.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Avoid Interruptions: Authorial Intrusion <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Authorial intrusion<\/span><\/strong> (when the author tells readers something directly, as in \u201cShe learned later\u2026\u201d) also disrupts the Now. First person and third person omniscient POV legitimately use authorial intrusion, but even then, don\u2019t stop mid-scene to explain something or make comments for any longer than would be possible in real life.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Avoid Interruptions: Flashbacks <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Let\u2019s say your reader is caught up in the story, swept along by the urgency of the Now, and then you include a scene\u2014a flashback\u2014that happened ten years ago. Then you go back to the story.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Does that work? Many readers like flashbacks because they tell Why. But your story is really about What. (Notice how readers or TV or film viewers ask, And then what happened?) Flashbacks are poor storytelling devices because they tell history, not current events, and they yank your reader out of the Now and destroy the story\u2019s sense of urgency. (If you\u2019re convinced that readers need to know Why, feather backstory throughout the Now narrative as appropriate.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Remember, nobody flashes back in reality. A flashback is a scene from the past, exactly as it happened. But nobody in real life knows exactly what happened in the past, they only know what they remember. What they remember is in the Now, and what your characters remember reveals a lot about them.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Incorporate Memories<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Instead of backstory, use memories. What\u2019s important about characters\u2019 memories\u2014for both plot and characterization\u2014is why that character has that memory at that moment. Something happened <em>Now<\/em> that evoked that memory, and that\u2019s what matters to this character and drives what happens next.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>The Time is Now<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">To keep your story tension strong, keep your story in the <em>Now<\/em>. Create the sense for the reader that the time she spends reading your book is the same as the time that passes for your protagonist. In that way, the story never stops.<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s the best time of all.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<h2>ABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"Kay Keppler\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kaykeppler.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kay Keppler<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kaykeppler.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"http:\/\/www.kaykeppler.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9691\" title=\"Kay Keppler\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Kay-Keppler_31.jpg\" alt=\"Kay Keppler\" width=\"150\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a>\u00a0is an author\u00a0<em><a title=\"Zero Gravity Outcasts\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1rqW2wW\" target=\"_blank\">Zero Gravity Outcasts<\/a><\/em>, <em><a title=\"Betting on Hope\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1l42nc4\" target=\"_blank\">Betting on Hope<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0<em><a title=\"Gargoyle: Three Enchanting Romance Novellas\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1pEPjjq\" target=\"_blank\">Gargoyle: Three Enchanting Romance Novellas<\/a><\/em>, and editor of fiction and nonfiction \u2013<em><a title=\"Angel\u2019s Kiss\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1nylmgE\" target=\"_blank\">Angel\u2019s Kiss<\/a><\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Outsource It<\/em>! She lives in northern California. Contact her here at Writer\u2019s Fun Zone in the comments below, or at\u00a0<a title=\"kaykeppler@yahoo.com\" href=\"mailto:kaykeppler@yahoo.com\" target=\"_blank\">kaykeppler@yahoo.com<\/a>\u00a0to ask questions, suggest topics, or if you prefer, complain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that we\u2019ve entered a new year\u2014a new time, essentially\u2014it seems like a good moment to think about how you use time in your story and what place and function it 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