Types of plots
All of the events occur in the order in which they happened in writing. There may be references to events from the past or future, however the events are written in time order. There will not be flashbacks/flash forwards.
In history, film, television and other media, a
flashback (also called
analepsis) is an interjected
scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point the
story has reached. Flashbacks are often used to recount events that happened prior to the story's primary sequence of events or to fill in crucial
backstory.
Character origin flashbacks specifically refers to flashbacks dealing with key events early in a character's development (
Clark Kent discovering he could fly, for example, or
the Elric brothers' attempt to bring back their mother). The television show
Lost is particularly well known for extensive use of flashbacks in almost every episode. In the opposite direction, a
flashforward (or prolepsis) reveals events that will occur in the future. The technique is used to create suspense in a story, or develop a character. In literature,
internal analepsis is a flashback to an earlier point in the narrative;
external analepsis is a flashback to before the narrative started.
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