Episode 253 - narrative order and the flashback

Doing stories that start with the climax, then flash back, tell what happened to get there: the old narrative style of switching the first few chapters around to make a more interesting story.
Sometimes it works GREAT because it throws you right into the middle of things and you have to work your way back to that point… It works very nicely in The Hangover for example!
Often it's used very badly- in anime particularly, where they use it for foreshadowing and a tease to try and get you interested in the rest of the story- but anime story structure is so formulaic that all it really does is give you a cheap spoiler. Other times it doesn't work well is when the writer isn't very good so the viewer loses their way in the plot… If the writer is GOOD though you end up with Pulp Fiction.
You'll love Gunwallace's theme here- a super funky jazz track for the comic Nothing Important Happened Today. Enjoy!

Topics and shownotes

Featured comic:
Aidana - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Aidana/

Links:
Quackcast 253 VIDEO - https://youtu.be/4-Xi7qQK_Xg
Original thread: http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/forum/topic/177404/

Contributors:
tupapayon - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/tupapayon/
KimLuster - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/KimLuster/
Vindibudd - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Vindibudd/
Genejoke - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Genejoke/
usedbooks - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/usedbooks/
irrevenant - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/irrevenant/
Call Me Tom - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Call Me Tom/
El Cid - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/El Cid/

Special thanks to:
Gunwallace - http://www.virtuallycomics.com
Banes - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/Banes/
Pitface - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/PIT_FACE/
Bravo1102 - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/bravo1102/
Kawaiidaigakusei - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/user/kawaiidaigakusei/

The theme song by Gunwallace this week was for:
Nothing Important Happened Today - http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Nothing_Important_Happened_Today/ by RymanNoodles, rated T.