A broken chronology can weaken stakes, alibis, relationships, and cause-and-effect logic.
Glossary term
Chronology
Chronology is the order and timing of events in a story, including dates, ages, travel, recovery, flashbacks, and elapsed time.
Definition
What chronology means
Chronology gives the manuscript a coherent sequence. It can be explicit through dates or implicit through meals, seasons, injuries, travel, and character memory.
A letter arrives after three days in one chapter but is answered the same evening in another.
Wise Wombat checks timeline sequence and duration so authors can review likely chronology conflicts.
Related
Related continuity terms
These terms often appear together during manuscript revision.