Hey everyone; I'd like to post a short (60 word) explanatory paragraph that is placed very early in my first chapter. Please feel free to chew on it however you see fit, however, I'm hoping this one paragraph explains a 'date/year system' that will be used throughout a series and I'm most curious if it does that in a way that won't detract from the telling of the opening scene.
In brief, after some discussion and help from some forum members, I decided to ditch firm dating my series. Initially, this novel was set in 2028, yet I decided for many reasons that I should leave the dates flexible and vague. That said, I still want it known that it takes place in the 21st century. Unfortunately, in that dates are mentioned quite often throughout, phrases such as "eight years ago" or "it was three years after blah-blah" and so on, start to become a bit clumsy. That's why I'm placing this early on and that will be that. In any case...
“Please God, don’t let it be like 20-- d*** it, like G6,” Rokka-Kae whispered, still having trouble with the system of dating. The day ‘the Gathering’ began, the Mad Clown decided that the date should be reset to zero. Now eight years later, G+8 or G8, America had devolved into a nightmare by design, and naturally, he was long gone.
Thanks for your input and help!
K2
In brief, after some discussion and help from some forum members, I decided to ditch firm dating my series. Initially, this novel was set in 2028, yet I decided for many reasons that I should leave the dates flexible and vague. That said, I still want it known that it takes place in the 21st century. Unfortunately, in that dates are mentioned quite often throughout, phrases such as "eight years ago" or "it was three years after blah-blah" and so on, start to become a bit clumsy. That's why I'm placing this early on and that will be that. In any case...
“Please God, don’t let it be like 20-- d*** it, like G6,” Rokka-Kae whispered, still having trouble with the system of dating. The day ‘the Gathering’ began, the Mad Clown decided that the date should be reset to zero. Now eight years later, G+8 or G8, America had devolved into a nightmare by design, and naturally, he was long gone.
Thanks for your input and help!
K2
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