SandJosieph
Since: Dec, 2009
#4: Dec 13th 2010 at 12:33:24 AM
Well, it's definitely weird to read a book written in 1985, set in 1987, and featuring massive terrorist attacks that never took place in our world. You might be better off dating it as "Day 1," "Day 2," and so on, skipping ahead as needed.
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DarkSoldier
from Delta, BC, Canada
Since: May, 2018
Relationship Status: What is this thing you call love?
#5: Dec 13th 2010 at 2:21:05 AM
Setting your work in a specific time may not be what you want, but I would definitely recommend creating an internal timeline of events. Use it to keep track of when things happen and how long they take.
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I'm considering applying a timeline to my stories. I'm thinking of setting it 2005-2012/2013. I've heard that dating a story can be a bad thing so I'm not sure.
What do you think? Should authors specify time lines for the events in their story or find other ways to approach time passing.
edited 12th Dec '10 8:35:24 PM by JewelyJ