4. Time Structure 时间结构 P44-45
1) the linear (顺叙)：the action proceeds as in real time, one event follows another
代表作：The Sniper , 和 Room for one more
2) the flashback （倒叙），usually works by starting a story at a point in the recent past, then switching the action back to an earlier time, farther back in the past. At the end it will usually bring us back to the same time zone we started from.
代表作：The Paring knife, 和 Bluebells and Autumn Leaves 和Words Long Unspoken
3) the moving point (移动点)：when the writer shifts abruptly back and forth between different time zones.
代表作：Mother