How do you like Flashbacks?

  • A) I like them.   (154 votes)
  • B) They're ok. I neither like them nor hate them.   (299 votes)
  • C) I don't hate them but I no flashback is still better.   (65 votes)
  • D) I hate flashbacks   (27 votes)
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sinsofasaint #1
They need to be done correctly. I dont like it when a flashback is abruptly inserted to explain a character's behaviour, and then boom everything makes sense and were back to present day. Nor do i like it when flashbacks are used like drama teasers for whats to come in the future. I feel like its the lazy way out to explain and describe a character and story when used like that and it really kills the transition from charater in a story to person with a life
ichigoangel75 #2
If it's well written/not confusing then I'm fine with it. It also needs to be necessary, like don't make a big detailed flashback in chp 20 about what happened in chp 4.
INSPIRITKIM #3
i personally like flashbacks but i condition that it clarifies something! not confusing.. yeah so thats my point of view!(((: or it could also have a use of going deeper of the character`s feeling!!(((:
yMaruChan #4
If the flashback is necessary for the readers to know then i suggest flashbacks are okay depending how you do then and for what purpose
shayri #5
I read something about that. May readers don't like flashbacks. However, it is unavoidable. If you're going to write a flashback, make sure it happened a long time ago (be sure it didn't happen just an hour ago, three hours ago and so on). Then, don't write it like this: *Flashback* blah blah *End of Flashback*. You may use italicized texts for it :)
Shinee250508 #6
It depends on the story if it's necessary to have a flasback or not
Moonstarrr #7
Flashbacks can add to a story IF written well. But let's face it, most flashbacks in fan fiction are the complete opposite.
EimiNuest #8
Flashbacks should be avoided whenever possible. They're jarring and take the reader out of the scene. There are other ways to convey the information without resorting to flashbacks, but if they're absolutely unavoidable, for the sake of whatever you hold dear, do not denote it with "*FLASHBACK*....*END FLASHBACK.*" as a reader, if I see "So-and-so's POV" or "FLASHBACK" I immediately close the story and do not read anything else by that author. For a story to be successful, you need your readers to employ something known as "suspension of disbelief" and nothing shoots suspension of disbelief down faster than being reminded that they're reading a story.
Ljoefan21 #9
They explain what happens more