The phrases which describe ways in which fiction writers manipulate time are;
describing or hinting at future events
describing a scene that occurred before the story began.
leaving out several stages of the plot
<h3>How can time be manipulated by fiction writers?</h3>
Time can be manipulated using various techniques which includes flashbacks, parallel timelines, flashforwards and foreshadowing. Unlike real life, time in a novel can be used to tell the story events in a different order, shorten boring bits or fill in the background in interesting pieces, for example.
