Unlocking Success: The Surprising Secrets Behind Getting Chapter Two Perfectly Right
Thanks so much for your help.
Randy sez: My general rule is that you can do anything you want in your novel, as long as it works.
So the real issue is whether this works, which is hard to answer without actually seeing Joe’s chapters.
Starting Fast Is Good
But I’m going to make a guess, based on the clues in Joe’s question. I may guess wrong, but that’s the nature of the beast when you don’t have complete information.
Joe’s novel starts out with a bang. That’s good, if he’s writing an adventure novel or thriller or something similar. That first chapter is a promise to the reader of what will come in the rest of the novel.
