Nonlinear narrative, also called disjointed or disrupted narrative, is a narrative technique in which events are presented out of chronological order or otherwise break from the direct causality of the events they depict, through devices such as parallel plot lines, dream sequences, or a story told within the main plot line. The technique is common in electronic literature, especially hypertext fiction, and is also well established in print and other sequential media.
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Nonlinear narrative, disjointed narrative, or disrupted narrative is a narrative technique where events are portrayed, for example, out of chronological order or in other ways where the narrative does not follow the direct causality pattern of the events featured, such as parallel distinctive plot lines, dream immersions or narrating another story inside the main plot-line.
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