Flashbacks (book) Puns

Pawn = 2, Bishop = 7, Knight = 8, Rook = 14, Queen = 27

I know a lot of people are hoping for a LTT cold open, but I think the LTT stuff will be saved for the Baalzamon encounter. I was kind of hoping that the cold open will show Fain going through Shadar Logoth and getting merged with Mordeth to explain the shadow that we saw and give some background for casual viewers who barely have any reference for who he is right now.

I'm currently creating an outline for a fanfic book rewrite project. It's also my first attempt at writing fiction and writing something this long, so I have found myself floundering a bit. The outlining process itself has become quite chaotic because I get random ideas for scenes or characterizations, diverting me from creating an overall layout of the book because those plot points become crucial to the story.

For my book, I want there to be two concurrent storylines, one set in the past that explains how present political/social conditions came to be, also explaining the ongoing overarching conflict (the world is dying-sort of thing), and some lore. The past storyline will likely wrap up towards the middle of the story, then go on to focus on the present storyline and the overarching conflict. Additionally, I potentially want to alternate POVs, primarily having it be the protagonist's POV, but occasionally switching to a relevant POV.

I'm having a hard time balancing all these aspects of the writing process because it feels so disorganized and I feel like it will be ages before I actually get down to starting the writing. (I also am including personality traits, motives, background info, future character arcs in my outline, which is taking up more time as well, plus jotting down ideas for possible scenes to explain plot points/character motives.)

As someone who is essentially new to writing, do you think I'm going about this incorrectly? Or is this level of chaos expected. Also, how do you personally organize your 'writing process'? At what point should I just stop my outlining and start writing? Should I do a chapter-by-chapter outline to plan out the entire story, or simply see where it takes me? And is there anything in general you would give as advice? Any resources you could guide me to?

Wrt the concurrent storylines and multiple POVs, how do you decide how much of the book focuses on each? What I mean is, will the book lack cohesiveness if I start including the past storyline at, e.g., the 20% mark, then it ends at the 60% mark, and I have occasional POVs from other characters e.g., one in five chapters is from the POV of a different character? Or do you think it should be okay?

Finally, unrelated to my main dilemma but I want to ask just as well - how do you know when you've included enough in a chapter? For example, I wrote a one-shot (meant to be an excerpt from this rewrite) which was around 2700 words and included 2 scenes that took pl

Just like episode 3 started with a flashback to how Nynaeve survived the attack.

I think we have solid evidence on what 3 of the remaining 5 episodes will feature in terms of flashbacks from casting announcements and IMDB.

• We know there's scenes with Logain and the King of Ghealdan. As Logain's already caged, there's a strong likelihood these are flashbacks. Now compare Nynaeve's reappearance at the end of episode 2, which bridged into her flashback in episode 3, with Logain's appearance at the end of episode 3. I'm betting we kick off "The Dragon Reborn" with Logain's rise to power.
• We know there's a scene with Young Siuan. I'm betting Siuan shows up the the end of Episode 5 and then her flashback kicks off episode 6, "The Flame of Tar Valon."
• Finally, we know we have Lews Therin and Latra Posae cast. I'm betting that's the cold open of episode 8.

That leaves two more -- episodes 5 and 7. Let me go way out on a limb -- the flashback of Tam babbling deliriously that Rand is not his natural son is one of them, and maybe it's combined with the Blood Snow flashback as well. That's probably episode 7 to keep the suspense over who the Dragon is alive a little longer.

So let me get this straight, Gaal, in the span of what seemed like weeks or months at most, learned that there is knowledge in books, stole one book, started learning math (I assume from scratch as it seemed like that's all forbidden), somehow while under a very sheltered existence learned there is a galactic math competition, managed to get good enough to win it and be the 2nd human in the universe's history to understand the most advanced math ever conceived, did I get that right? Anyone else finds that just absolutely bat shit insanely idiotic?!?

For me I would love to see an Neds POV while he’s being executed.

Imagine the feelings, regrets and memories inside his head at that point, and it would be an incredible way to add a clue to or to reveal Jon’s parentage. (Although this reveal would certainly be better organically through the story)

Hi everyone! I'm currently working on a book that I know will need several flashbacks, as it's main focus is on the changing relationship between two characters who have been separated for years, though the bulk of the action is happening in the 'present day' of the story. For reference, I'm planning on 16 chapters, and I feel that at least every other chapter will have to include one. Does anyone have any advice on how to integrate these flashbacks without the flow of the book becoming overly awkward or confusing?

Edit: Just for clarification, these flashbacks would be shorter scenes attached to the beginning/end of the chapter, not an entire chapter by themselves.

So I read this book my senior year of high school (2020). It was mandatory for my English 4 class. In the begging of the story there is a man who goes back to his hometown and eventually it starts his flashback to his childhood. Throughout the story he sees a dead man in a car, meets his neighbors who are magical and befriends a girl who lives there, and a dark creature who disguises itself as a nanny and starts to “possess” his family. I don’t remember what the cover of the book looked like but it was paperback. Thank you in advance for any help!

I'm not sure if there is a literary term for this writing style, but I'm starting to see more of it and I'm getting really frustrated. I already struggle with third-person writing due to all the inner monologue during an actual conversation. However, I'm reading more and more stories with flashbacks, and to me, it's even worse.

Example:

A chapter ends with Hero picking up heroine for a date. Next chapter heroine is walking with her co-worker to lunch the next day and they are discussing work "things". In the middle of the conversation, heroine "zones out" and the author spends multiple pages reliving the night before. We get to read every single detail about the date, every thought, emotion, conversation, usually more inner monologue about why she is hesitant to give him a shot for the hundredth time... and then BAM! "I think Michelle might get fired tomorrow for that freak out this morning". Huh? Michelle? Michelle who? I thought we were talking about how sweet H kisses are. I have to go back half a chapter and re-read what was going on.

At least when it's non-stop inner monologue the thoughts usually coincide with the conversation going on, but I do get bored when it's pages long, repetitive, and happens at pretty much every interaction with the H & h. But the flashbacks completely take me out of the story. It messes with the reading flow. I forget the book, but a while back I had to DNF a book because half the story was written with these unnecessary flashbacks.

Tell me I'm not the only one who gets annoyed by this.

Can't for the life of me remember what this book was but I remember it being about 2 humans who reincarnate throughout human history, I'm fairly certain the bulk of the story takes place in ancient Egypt or some other eastern county, I remember vividly that it ends with them seeing each other in present day in passing in an airport. Any help would be appreciated, I'm hoping it's not just a fever dream I had.

In the ending of the movie, the master of Vessemir tells him "They are your boys now, make them witchers. Make them something more, make them better men".

Based on what I know about the universe of The Witcher, I think this can be reflected in Geralt's politics of not killing monsters that can be reasoned with, not killing dragons, and trying to not get into problems of other people.

But I would like to know more details about it

The only information I remember of Geralt's training with Vessemir is when he tells Triss that he killed a rat in a dark room and nobody saw it, when he tells Ciri he tried to do like a mortal backflip from Kaer Morhen's roof and broke his leg or something like that.

And when he tells Ciri that before being Geralt of Rivia, Geralt wanted another name but Vessemir ditched it out. (Geralt von . . . .)

I guess it's like a flashback but not exactly since that's where it starts?

I had an idea of starting a story with a scene from a decade in the past with my MC as a child, and jumping forward 10 years. This would be a very brief scene. I could probably have the jump happen on page 1 if I do it right.

Is that a thing? I read a decent amount of fiction but not sure I can think of a case I've encountered this. I've seen prologues that take place in the past but what about starting off chapter 1 in that way? I feel like I'd rather have it there than separate it into its own thing via prologue.

the book is about this family moving in to this house, but in the house there’s this specific room that gives u flashbacks of the old time and what people did in the house. anyways the main character is the mom who is experiencing these flashbacks and she has a husband and 2 kids. one young maybe 6 and another one maybe 18 that has autism. her husband is weird and when she gets pregnant he starts acting more strange. when she gets more flashbacks about how people are abusive in this house she realized that it’s about her husband as well. come to find out he r*ped his 18 autistic daughter got her pregnant as well. he dies with his younger daughter in a rain storm. sorry if this is messy, this is what i remember.

For some reason I just got hit with a vague memory of a book I read 8-10years ago about some kids?, one of which has an insane sense of taste and can differentiate sodas blindfolded. It talks about how there’s only 3 people in the world that know the recipe for coke and that they can never fly together in case of a plane crash but for some reason they did and now they’re dead? Idk it’s pretty vague and if I’m honest idek if it was really a book or just a dream. My brain likes to mix reality and fantasy a lot so this could all just be some memory mix up.

Edit: Spoke to a kid from my primary school and they weirdly remembered the name: The real thing by Brian Falkner.

Hi! Looking for books where the writing isn’t in chronological order. E.g. Narrator tells their story, and then sometimes it flashbacks, then it goes back to the present, or even future. (Example: the show HTGAWM, or even Wuthering Heights).

I’ve found that sometimes books that start from the beginning or world build right away are a bit slow. Really looking for a novel that gets into the action, then pauses to look back, or even forward, for the purpose of propelling the story. Bonus points if it helps with plot twists or essential reveals. 🥰

I remember picking up a book a good 5-7 years back. It had a plot it in that was memorable and interesting but since only the first of the series was made at the time, I just moved on. I remember that in the plot of it, it had a section in the past relating to this time when the nobility of people was related to how well their teeth were cleaned, and that having at least one good tooth by old age was a sign of respect. The actual protagonist, taking place in the present, did some stuff, had his bully converted to his bodyguard, took a plane and then it exploded or something towards the end of it. I remember seeing the second book down the line, but it was only for a brief few moments. The summary of it involved the two finding a third kid who could turn into a dragon, and he was trying to protect his home or something. That's all I remember and I can't seem to find it in google searches.

I'm reading Neverwhere by Neil Gaimen and one of the chapters just gave me that old familiar feeling of being out of my tree

For me I would love to see an Neds POV while he’s being executed.

Imagine the feelings, regrets and memories inside his head at that point, and it would be an incredible way to add a clue to or to reveal Jon’s parentage. (Although this reveal would certainly be better organically through the story)

Another one would be a Barristan POV during his time as Arstan Whitebeard, and his inner thoughts and feelings on Daenarys as a ruler, as well as his ruminations on his time with King Robert and King Aerys II