If we have a story where The Past is one of the Signposts for the MC, does the exploration of the past have to be about something that happened before the story began, or can it be about something in the previous scene that just took place 5 minutes ago?
For some reason I’ve always thought of it as something from the character’s backstory, but I’ve started wondering whether exploring the past can be about anything that has already happened, even what just happened a minute ago. I mean, it’s already in the past, right?