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Re: I would like to see examples of the things you are talking about.
In one of my novels I needed to have scenes that take place at night, but simultaneously. However, one takes place in San Francisco and the other in Florence, IT - a physical impossibility, unless the sun wasn't available on two sides of the global at the same time. 
So, I interspersed the scenes in quick succession with concentration on the action and reader's miss the illogic altogethr, because I've hung a latern on the fault and maintain my credibility suspension. It is better for an author to voice an illogical point and then brush it away (character dialog can do it) rather than allow the reader to mentally voice it and leave it unaddressed. The author's solution or non-solution really, is the latenr.
Hope that helps
Ed Patterson
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MedicineFlower
on August 22, 2010 at 6:41 AM
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Interesting. I wonder how it would work in words.
posted by
Straightforward
on August 22, 2010 at 2:42 AM
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I would like to see examples of the things you are talking about.
It helps to anchor down the information. Very useful, anyway.
posted by
Randir
on August 22, 2010 at 1:14 AM
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