Score: 5
"If you want to tell a story..."
date: April 19, 2008
Tell a story. All in all, the actual story in this episode, is only about 1/3 of the flash.
1. Starting a story with an extended exposition - lazy and unforgivable. If you have to tell a backstory, make it a seperate flash or an optional chapter. Any information you can't get out while advancing the main plot doesn't need to be in there.
2. Using a long flashback for your character development before you've really advanced the plot - very naughty. Try getting that information out with dialogue, inner monologues, and such.
Right nice and pretty, though. You just need some work making the storytelling interesting.