Damn! Why is it all the cool stuff happens when I'm off doing real-life stuff? (Pretending to be a dwarf in a game about fairies is
totally real-life stuff!)
Also, to flashbacks, it's generally a good idea to separate them like you would scene breaks (as in, normal scene breaks) and to indicate that it's not taking place at the same time as the main continuum through something in the narration. As in, yes, I know it was a joke, but please, for the love of kittens, do not use the "flashback" header.
Seriously, though, yes. I would highly suggest going with An-chan's last example, where there's no formatting, but it's generally obvious that you're switching scenes. If you want to make it obvious, you could start off the flashback with something like "Blah years ago, blah happened." Or "Blah remembered..."
Also, to answer the latest topic:
Wouldn't your fanfic characters really rather have a Buick? And if not, what car would you want them to own/drive?
I write about a number of distinct groups of characters.
1. The group that
can afford one but would rather have something ritzier. For example, Romeo, Mercury, and their gang ride around in limos or on motorcycles. They would never ride in anything lower than an
extremely high-class (as in, Porsche if it's not a limo) or "adventurous" vehicle because it clashes with their reputations.
1a. An off-shoot of this group, which is the group that
can't afford those awesome vehicles,
can afford a Buick, but probably still would rather have the ritzier vehicles. Orsino, for example, I can imagine in a Buick. A very stylish Buick. With
a pimp hat his sister in the front seat. But he likes to pretend he's driving a Ferrari.
2. The group that
can afford a Buick but prefer a vehicle that's fairly economic for personal reasons. For example, Nettle would most likely drive a very nice Toyota. Why? Because she would prefer Japanese cars. Heather (who will be introduced in Anima Ex Machina eventually) prefers motorcycles.
3. The group that
can't afford a Buick and/or may not know what one
is. For example, Imogen, Andrew, and Sebastian are middle-class people, but it's rather expensive to maintain a car in a place like Verona (where it's hard to find a place to
park one). So, they take public transportation instead or, if possible, drive very small and economic cars. Cesario and Feste are both dirt-poor. Viola literally does not know what a Buick is in the first place. No, seriously. She's
that sheltered.
4. The "other" group, composed completely of people who can't drive, people who probably
shouldn't drive, and hippies. Rose (upcoming main character in AEM I've mentioned in my last post) is eleven and therefore doesn't care. Bill is a hippie who travels everywhere by walking, riding on Pokemon, and mooching off public transportation/tickets people send him because it's better for the environment.
Yes, it
did actually take me
that long to answer this question. I'm bored, and I have no idea where the crap I'm going with NaNo.
