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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/33218
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Your title question and description seem to be asking different things.

The title question is very specific, and the answer is yes, it's fine to begin a new chapter from a different POV, in a different time and in a different setting as long as you orient your reader fairly quickly.

The description seems to be asking a much broader question, which is - what do you write next? This makes me wonder if you haven't done any planning for the story, and are just writing as it comes. This is a perfectly reasonable way to write (it even has its own name - you're a pantser - i.e. you write from the seat of your pants), but if you're ending up staring at the screen wondering where to go, it might be worth creating a loose outline of your story.

That way you'll have a basic structure so you know where you're heading, and can avoid writing a lot of scenes that don't end up contributing to the plot.

You can find some ideas for plot outlines here: [https://www.novel-software.com/genrestorytemplates](https://www.novel-software.com/genrestorytemplates) (disclosure, this is my site) - they might help you as prompts to get the ideas flowing.

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