Pirate Codes & Writing Rules—When is a Flashback a Literary Device?

Originally posted on Kristen Lamb's Blog:

Pirate Code=Writing Rules. Clearer now? :)

Yesterday’s post stirred quite the debate and flurry of panic attacks, so today, we will delve a bit further into Le Mystique of Le Flashback. First of all, for future reference, I need to ignore all Facebook comments that begin with, “I haven’t read your post, but completely disagree…” Er? Ok. Here’s the thing. I play dictator on my blog, because it’s my blog and it’s FUN.

I’m a realist and I KNOW there is som...