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Can any writers out there answer a question for me?

How do I go about transitioning from telling about a past event to telling about a more recent one in personal narritives? Can I simply use a transition like "Years later" and tell the experience/event?

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IntenseCookie · 26-30, F

I'm not really an author but there's probably only so many ways to avoid "years later". I guess you could include dates or years at the beginning of the chapters to indicate when they happened.

Or at least find a creative way to say "years later". Like, "Thirteen* years had passed since whatever" or "That was thirteen years ago."

Maybe dialog between other characters. "Why are you making that face?"
"Oh, I was thinking about that thing from elementary school."

And hey, if it's obvious that there's a time lapse you might not need to clarify that at all? Butidunmo

Whatever flows best with your story. I wouldn't stress too much. You can always go back and fix it 😊

Cooper802Forever · 22-25, M

@IntenseCookie thanks, it's just this story's due tomorrow I just needed some help getting me started a bit. 😁