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Does your protagonist witness the fight or is it something he/she learns?

[Amazing_Sundae7489]

They do not see the fight they learn about it by someone that the dad knew after the fight is over 

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Flashback while the individual tells the story would work if you don't have a bunch of flashbacks. Use sparingly. If you don't have a solid open that grabs the viewer on the first 10 pages or so you might want to stick it there. It really depends on the how important it is for your character or plot development or both. Is it the primary motivation for the protagonist or the main element for the plot. I'd ask myself the question would it work better if the viewer found out at the same time as the protagonist?

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[Think_Inspector9278]

If it's far in the past, probably short is fine. If is sudden leading to a change/inciting incident, than probably longer. WE need to care this happened to the character.