Emperor wrote: |
"Blah blah blah blah. Bob looked at the picture in his hand and it reminded him of the day he flew a kite. The kite fluttered above him, as the wind pushed it upward. Blah blah blah blah" |
Shillelagh wrote: |
Well, I think the most obvious distinguishing method would be some sort of visual cue. I can understand why you wouldn't want to bold/italics it, but you can't deny that it would be effective. Other possible methods:
-Surround the paragraph with an obscure symbol, like tildas or perhaps brackets. -Change the size of the font. -Change the font type (Can that be done here?) -Use a 'code' or a 'quote' box to frame the text. |
Vikas Muralidharan wrote: |
Could be this: "Blah Blah Blah. The sudden noise brought Bob back to the present.." Something like that, perhaps? |
Shillelagh wrote: |
Well, I would argue that change the font type, at least, would actually be a very effective method |
Shillelagh wrote: |
The only other thing I can think of is using the train of thought as a bridge:
Blah blah blah while the kite was red, with sticks poking out of the edges. All it needed was a string of ribbons, and it would look exactly like the one from his childhood. His kite flew high in the sky, the ribbons dancing in the breeze. He looked around and blah blah blah. |
Muaddib wrote: |
Changing to italics is the one I've seen used most often in books. |
Thunderbird wrote: |
He uses [ list] to indent, which in a text editor would be a matter of simply adjusting the margin temporarily - not sure how functional that would be for publishing though. |
Crunchyfrog wrote: |
I think it depends on how close to the character's POV you want it to be. If it's that close that you want the reader to experience everything with the character, I'd suggest just keeping the text style exactly as it its. If it's written well enough, you'll be able to jolt the reader in and out of the flashback and evoke the same feelings in the reader as the character feels himself just by the way you choose your words.
But if you're doing it in more of a storytelling mode, then I think change in text would be better. I dunno, I'd probably go for italics if it were me. HTH |
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