My readers have complained about a lack of temporal markers, too. I try and look for a thematic transition if at all possible where I can step back a little and describe the passage of time in terms of leaves turning, weather changing, people coming into a shop, whatever. The other alternative - particularly for shorter passages - is a single line like 'by the time they had finished, she was hungry again.'
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Date: 2010-05-12 10:06 pm (UTC)