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I'm coming up with an outline for a cyberpunk story. I want to establish (at some point) that the main character has marksmanship proficiency by starting my cyberpunk story with a VR sequence, in w...
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T13:05:27Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/48336 License name: CC BY-SA 4.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
#2: Initial revision
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Ninjalah
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2019-12-08T13:05:27Z (almost 5 years ago)
I'm coming up with an outline for a cyberpunk story. I want to establish (at some point) that the main character has marksmanship proficiency by starting my cyberpunk story with a VR sequence, in which the character is firing arrows as an Elf/Orc/some other fantasy race (akin to World of Warcraft). At first I thought this would be a fun, from left field way to establish this as opposed to simply making my character a mercenary or such, but I'm concerned it may be jarring to the reader. **QUESTION:** Is starting a novel with a non-real scene too jarring or confusing for readers? I plan on going from this VR sim to the "regular, Cyberpunk world" after the first chapter, and basically never returning to that specific game.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2019-10-03T01:43:53Z (about 5 years ago)
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