A Writer's Block: Robb Grindstaff

A Writer's Block: Robb Grindstaff

A wrinkle in time, part 1 of 2

More time issues in fiction

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Robb Grindstaff
Jan 27, 2025
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Last week we talked about anachronisms — the time warp when things or people randomly appear in an era where they didn’t exist or hadn’t been invented yet, like the rock singer driving his 1968 Chevy Vega to a gig.

Another, and more frequent, issue I see in editing manuscripts and working with clients is time inconsistency within the story, often with ch…

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