My pits are super shiny clean! Do you really want to hear more? Yeah, thought not.
You know, now that we're talking about it, I'm realizing I don't like the idea of "flashbacks". Flashbacks are an excuse for people who're too lazy to know how to use the past imperfect tense. If one has a backstory playing against a present story, one can separate them using jump cuts (skipped space, * * *, skipped space) and leave off the imperfect, but only if the backstory is an actual narrative thread and not just a flash. Movies can't do that, which is why flashbacks are fine in movies, but I dislike how often people use italics or symbols to denote a brief moment back in time. It feels gimmicky to me.
/eesh, rant! sorry.
I don't really have alternate plans if I don't get into grad school. Guess I better start looking for a job. Thanks for the sympathy...I feel the need to be petted these days. Which is probably why I've been posting so much!
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You know, now that we're talking about it, I'm realizing I don't like the idea of "flashbacks". Flashbacks are an excuse for people who're too lazy to know how to use the past imperfect tense. If one has a backstory playing against a present story, one can separate them using jump cuts (skipped space, * * *, skipped space) and leave off the imperfect, but only if the backstory is an actual narrative thread and not just a flash. Movies can't do that, which is why flashbacks are fine in movies, but I dislike how often people use italics or symbols to denote a brief moment back in time. It feels gimmicky to me.
/eesh, rant! sorry.
I don't really have alternate plans if I don't get into grad school. Guess I better start looking for a job. Thanks for the sympathy...I feel the need to be petted these days. Which is probably why I've been posting so much!