Re: Technical question: The units of a timeline

In article <MPG.1df6688f1e37aa0d989b47@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Joann Zimmerman <jzimm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>In article <ddfr-C4D020.11142929112005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>ddfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
>> In article <MPG.1df663d07dffde72989b46@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> Joann Zimmerman <jzimm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> > In article <87veybnv8l.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxx>, elf@xxxxxxxxxxx says...
>> > > What are the individual, atomic units of a timeline called? It's not
>> > > "scene" as I sometimes have two (or more) scenes happening at the same
>> > > time. The best of I've come up with is "moment", but for some reason
>> > > that doesn't feel right.
>> > >
>> > > Any better suggestions?
>> >
>> > "Moment" seems fine, as does "instant" or (duh) "time". I may see it as
>> > a "spot" or even "slot", if I'm feeling visual. If you're trying to
>> > synchronize/note simultaneity between two different scene streams, then
>> > I'd probably use "tick" as denoting an absolute, independent of any
>> > given plot/story line.
>> >
>> > Um, just how clean is your cat?
>>
>> Event?
>
>Ah. Perhaps I was being a little too abstract? (I'm alternating at the
>moment between rasfc and deep communion with Roget for some [*] words to
>support various metaphors I'm trying to bring out in the ongoing
>revision, and I think there may be some bleed-through.)
>
>[*] Make that several hundred, as I'm actually creating a Word table,
>w/column headers metaphor, structure, content, words, for about 40
>different metaphors/concepts.

Oh my Ghod, that's the cleanest cat I've ever seen in my life.

Dorothy J. Heydt
Albany, California
djheydt@xxxxxxxxxxx
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