: Re: Do you need to have your major plot point established in the first few chapters? Background I've now reached 10,000 words on the second book in my trilogy. Wow, goals. I have just got to

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I beg to dissent with other answers here so far. Yes, everything will become clear only after the book draft is finished, but the important question is when the draft would be finished. It would be pity to see 10,000 words go to waste, so it's quite a valid question to check if you are on a right track.

In my opinion, it's all right to spend 10,000 words to set up the stage - but only if the stage looks intriguing enough to the reader. For example, your new characters may be doing nothing, but reader may already see looming conflicts and anticipate plot developments.

Also, this is all good only if you don't have any cliffhangers from book 1 that begged for action. In such case a reader would be eager to see plot development rather than "faffing".

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