A Dual-Timeline Novel by Any Other Name
A little listicle.
These are the different ways readers and writers refer to dual/multi-timeline novels, and my personal, idiosyncratic views on them. Why does it matter? Because I have a stinking cold and am feeling crotchety, that’s why!
Parallel Narrative
This one isn’t bad, and it sounds satisfyingly official. But parallel, to me, sounds as if the two timelines never me…
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