: Re: Introducing a plot-critical hallucinogen partway through a mystery? This is a sort of act related question. I have an important drug that causes the protagonist to encounter people and things

My feeling is that you should hint at it, so that it doesn't feel like a deus ex machina, but write your story and show it to some beta readers asking about that in particular. If you hint too strongly, it becomes obvious, but if you don't mention anything about this drug until the protagonist receives it, it shatters the suspension of disbelief.

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: Re: Introducing a plot-critical hallucinogen partway through a mystery? This is a sort of act related question. I have an important drug that causes the protagonist to encounter people and things

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: It looks to me as if you have already answered your own question very well. All I can think of to add is: it saves you from having to do a lot of detailed research into the geography

: Depicting inaccurate information about real organisations in fiction? Could it be a problem (legal one) if in a fiction novel, I depictâ€¦ Law enforcement/military organisation with quite a few

: Splicing/Mixing Scenes Remember the end of the Godfather, where they spliced all the different assassinations with the christening? Or any film with good cutting, where they swap between different

: Publishing images of paintings My wife and I are working on a book that will contain photographs of paintings that were exhibited, with owner permission, in shows hung by wife or obtained from

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