Deadly.Braviary
Well-Known Member
How do you, as an author, get across a sense of place and time? It's usually a good idea if readers know where and when a story is taking place, and sometimes it might even be important to the plot. For example, when a sequence occurs which takes place in the past or (for all you sci-fi fans out there) in an alternate timeline and such, you'll obviously need to point out, "This scene takes place in so-and-so place".
In my story, Hoenn Reborn, I'm handling this by using an efficient, but clunky and aesthetically terrible, line:
It distracts the reader from the story, but it's also effective as a screen break. But I would really love to use a less distracting method which meshes better into the story. And another nitpick I have is with the use of 'present day'. It's vague, but it'll have to do, since I can't use a date-stamp (who knows which year the story takes place in? It could work in the Pokemon universe's 2005, or in the future in the year 2050, or even right now in 2013).
Your thoughts?
In my story, Hoenn Reborn, I'm handling this by using an efficient, but clunky and aesthetically terrible, line:
Mahogany Town, the Johto region ~ 4:00 PM; two months before present day
a plane ~ 11:00 AM; present day
It distracts the reader from the story, but it's also effective as a screen break. But I would really love to use a less distracting method which meshes better into the story. And another nitpick I have is with the use of 'present day'. It's vague, but it'll have to do, since I can't use a date-stamp (who knows which year the story takes place in? It could work in the Pokemon universe's 2005, or in the future in the year 2050, or even right now in 2013).
Your thoughts?