How do you look at large timeskips?

AmazementComics 2019-02-19 00:57:25 UTC #21

I would be more interested. contrary to cartoons where the characters don't age at all, it would be interesting to see what events occur in between the time gap to give the audience a better understanding of the context of the time gap.

Wumbl 2019-02-19 04:16:08 UTC #22

They're good as long as they don't feel forced. A time skip between a backstory and the main plot makes sense, or a time skip of several years in which characters have aged.
A time skip has to be really important though. If you can do it without one, don't throw it in just for the sake of it. An example would be, if all the things that happened in the past could instead have happened closer to the current time. If you can just rearrange the plot to not include one, it's better to do that. Otherwise it just feels silly.

RiidDisBuk 2019-02-19 19:23:43 UTC #23

Not a bad concept, but it's something that needs to have an impact over the course of your story.

I'm going to have a 500+ year timeskip in my story one day and because of my main is an alien species with a long lifespan, it's going to have a major effect going into my story.

rmdooley 2019-02-19 19:35:24 UTC #24

If the time skip follows the plot, do it. You don't need to show things as they chronologically unfold and if there is a chunk of time that isn't relevant to plot or characters enough to show, don't show it.

Maps 2019-02-19 23:44:05 UTC #25

I like timeskips as long as the first phase ends smoothly and doesn’t feel rushed.
I’m reading a story that started with minors and their experiences and what connected the characters, and now it’s skipped forward a few years as they are adults and their relationship then.
I like reading about the past and the future and how character relationships have ended up... grown or faded.

LT1986 2019-02-20 01:59:12 UTC #26

I like large time skips. It makes me pay attention to the details that the creator(s) put(s) in the story to show how things have changed. Not only do people sometimes look different, but places and mindsets change, too. The creativity can be enjoyable. For example, watching a teacher teach in the 1960s and then watching the same teacher teach in the 2010s is intriguing. I think that it can be more intriguing than a 2-10 years time skip, if the creativity is displayed correctly.