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Q&A Is it bad to suddenly introduce another element to your fantasy world a good ways into the story?

I'm writing a novel with many POVs, and this is a very flexible story. It started out with a few POVs who had one plot, and now there is a lot more, having been integrated in between those previous...

5 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by A. Kvåle‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Question novel fantasy pacing
#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T12:22:01Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/46387
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar A. Kvåle‭ · 2019-12-08T12:22:01Z (almost 5 years ago)
I'm writing a novel with many POVs, and this is a very flexible story. It started out with a few POVs who had one plot, and now there is a lot more, having been integrated in between those previously existing POVs. But now I'm thinking about adding a new POV that brings a ton of implications. A vampire POV.

The reader will be acquainted with mystical and magical beings from chapter one, where a demon is present. So the problem is not that suddenly a magical element is added far into the story. The problem is that an entire, previously not mentioned species is added to the story. Now, the world is described as being home to many different types of beasts. But vampires aren't any type of beast, they are established within literature. So, will suddenly adding this species to the mix over twenty chapters in throw the reader off (in a bad way)?

Of course, I have no problem adding a mention of vampires in an earlier chapter. But I'd like to know if it'd be alright if I didn't. I want to know if all of a sudden adding a species far into the story is a good idea.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-07-01T23:19:13Z (over 5 years ago)
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