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JewelyJ from A state in the USA Since: Jul, 2009
#1: Dec 12th 2010 at 8:34:09 PM

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

SandJosieph Since: Dec, 2009
#2: Dec 12th 2010 at 8:44:45 PM

How epic is your story? Or is this being done for setting purposes.

JewelyJ from A state in the USA Since: Jul, 2009
#3: Dec 12th 2010 at 8:52:19 PM

Well setting purposes mainly. A big part of the plot is that the villains (One of whom's technokinetic) have a cell-phone company that is a front for their more unethical business (ordering people to be killed.)

edited 12th Dec '10 8:52:49 PM by JewelyJ

feotakahari Fuzzy Orange Doomsayer from Looking out at the city Since: Sep, 2009
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#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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