An object compels the contemporary character to learn what happened in the past.
We can call the first category “Object connects characters across time.” Here, two characters are related in some way but are separated by time. Let’s look at the challenges authors face in writing dual storylines-and how they bring to readers a better understanding of today’s world.
This dual timeline approach lets readers see the parallels-and the differences-between the present and the past.” 1 As an avid reader of multi-period novels, I’ve observed that they typically fall into one of three categories. In Historical Fiction II: A Guide to the Genre, HNR’s own Sarah Johnson discusses how “multi-period novels shift between contemporary and historical subplots.
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