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Q&A Is it a good idea to start each chapter with a snippet from a fictional book?

I am writing a fantasy story in a medieval-like time. There is a lot of information I want to share with my readers, but I feel if I incorporate it all in the main story it will make it to long and...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Noralie‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T05:01:28Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/20848
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Noralie‭ · 2019-12-08T05:01:28Z (almost 5 years ago)
I am writing a fantasy story in a medieval-like time. There is a lot of information I want to share with my readers, but I feel if I incorporate it all in the main story it will make it to long and tedious to read. So the idea I'm having now is to start each chapter with a few lines to explain things and this will be in the form of pieces of a fictional book that exists in that world. Is this a good thing to do, or will readers get irritated by the snippets? I will make them relevant to the chapters they are in.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2016-02-08T18:21:13Z (over 8 years ago)
Original score: 6