Hi all. I'm wondering how I can move a story-line from today to the sixties? The idea is to see the character as a child and then as an adult, or vice versa. I want to do this, back and forth, throughout the story, My problem is how do I move the story-line smoothly from one era to another? I don't want it to appear there are gaps in the story telling. Maybe this is too ambitious for me, I don't know, but any advice would be appreciated. Thanks
Thank you all for your helpful advice. I will definitely take it on board and see if I can find the novels you have informed me about. Thank you again.
Subtle changes could work. One paragraph could end with the child character looking through a children's book. The next paragraph could have the adult reading the same book on a kindle, remembering how she loved it. Possibly not even any need to mention time with that one. That kind of idea.
Joanne Harris, journeys back and forth in time in, Blackberry Wine.
Margaret Atwood is another acclaimed author who travels from the present to the past, and from the past to the present, seamlessly.
As a would-be author, I wouldn't contemplate doing it. I'll leave that to well-practised, established authors.