: 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 must agree with @Alexander : one should worry about major plot points, and minor ones too, since the beginning. (Unless you're a radical pantser and embrace remaking your first draft completely.)

That having been said, I think it completely appropriate for the major plot point to reveal itself late on, however that means (for me) that either the first book (if it's a trilogy) or the first part of the book was mostly about a major subplot that set the stage for the main plot.

As an example, imagine one wants to write about the love story between A and B. Only that love story is going to be driven to a tragic conclusion because A was first involved with Z. Therefore, I start with Z and A getting together and treat that as if it were the main plot. Problems between Z and A slowly pop up and, as they both try to work them out, B enters the stage and puts an end to the first relationship. Now the real love story can take off and soar into tragedy while the readers can easily see how Z is behind it all.

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