[stylist] Writing a Story in the Form of Emails and Texts

[Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter]

But if the entire story is told in email format, we don't need time and
date. If the emails are just mixed in with the narrative, then perhaps yes,
but if the whole story is told in emails, which Vejas has stated, then it's
not necessary unless time and date play a crucial role.

Bridgit

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I would use time stamps so it would be easier to have some sort of
chronology.  Just my thought though 

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> On Aug 11, 2016, at 11:36 PM, Vejas Vasiliauskas via stylist
<stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> Awhile back, I had posted a fragment of a story in second person.  I
wanted to try this format.
> I have decided to forgo this format, but keep with this story idea.  The
main premise of it is that there are 2 friends, Emma and Kelly, who have
attended the same training center, but are at different points of their
lives emotionally.  One graduates first and they still stay in touch via
texts, but I might start creating emails because you can't really tell a
full story in a text.  (Well you can, but the other person would get bored).
> So I was wondering your thoughts on a couple of things:
> Do you recommend I use time stamps for all the texts, or does it not
matter? Sometimes when the other person is busy it takes them a little while
to respond.
> For the emails, do you think I should always put each person's email
adress at the top for the "from" and "to" field?
> Thank you for your thoughts.
> Vejas
> 
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