Okay, so I don't even know for sure I'm going to include the incident to begin with (I won't if I don't feel like it makes sense to the plot), but my MC suffers memory loss after some magic shenanigans, and he's going to regain his memory somehow, but for the sake of plot, I'm not sure whether the process should be gradual- painfully slow, even, and there are still some holes at the end of it, or if he should get it all back at once, and it hits him like a ton of bricks, because he's done some morally questionable things that he can't remember, when deep down he is a good person who hates the idea of some of the things he did. I just wanted to get some feedback, or if anyone else has ideas to add on, that'd be wonderful. If you want any more explanation, just ask me, and I'll try.
Okay, first, that sounds pretty cool. Second, I think sometimes they should get it back painfully slow, like just one memory at a time, but other times a bunch of memories just come out of freaking nowhere and knock his socks off. But that's just my opinion.
That's actually a pretty good idea. Thanks for the advice!
I have several characters that lost their memories.
Kyro was hit on the head by falling rocks, Slaise also lost his memory (not going to spoil it).
I have a story idea really similar to this.
I hope this helps: The story of sad, confused twelve year old me (I'd just finished kingdom hearts and I loved the idea of memory loss) trying to write an idea very similar to yours. What happened was more of a "what not to do when writing memory loss" tutorial. Here are some tips I learned 140,000 words later.
-Bring the memories back slowly –but not too slowly. You don't want to reach the end of the story and realize that there are some gaps you haven't filled yet, and then rush to fill them. Take your time on the memories, but don't act like you have all the time in the world.
-Hit important, relevant information. Don't introduce memories that are unnecessary. Any memories you do introduce should be relevant and current.
-Don't clutter the narrative with too many flashbacks/dreams. If you want to have flashbacks to show the memories that your character is gaining, find the right space to do that. If there's something important going on, and all of a sudden your character is hit with a flashback, it's kinda disconcerting. Treat flashbacks like scenes/chapters of their own. Don't throw them in randomly.
Have you ever seen the animated film Anastasia? It's actually a really good example of memory loss/regaining memories slowly. Plus, the animation and songs are fire, so I recommend you watch that to get an idea of how to introduce regained memories. Good luck!
This is all great advice! Thank you so much!
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