The Country of the Story

The Country of the Story

On Time (part 1)

Expansion, contraction, and the passage of time

Courtney Pasko
Mar 28, 2024
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Good morning, readers.

After writing last week about time and narrative in regards to length, I thought I’d write more about time inside a narrative, or perhaps the time that makes the narrative. Narrative by definition is something transitional. First A, then B. Not only does it exist within time (A happened first, and then B happened next, with maybe m…

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