I feel like I know what you guys are going to say.
I read a lot of the threads and the consensus is like, you know, bring it in in the first page and you'll be fine.
I'll tell you what my deal is though. In my book, I start it out setting up a lot of things before really diving into the main conflict of the book.
The first chapter tells of how my MC finds the magical artifact that's going to play a big deal in the story, a VERY big deal, and up until chapter 9, the book spends some time building my characters, my world, and introducing some of the villains and minor themes.
However, until Chapter 9, and it's actually the current chapter, I didn't realize that the main conflict hasn't been mentioned yet, and that's because it really can't. I've been letting my older sister read the book, and she said that so far she's been fine with it, since I've been hinting faintly, but I feel like I should... I don't know, have a heavier emphasis on it.
I guess what I'm asking is, as long as I'm able to keep the reader's interests with minor conflicts before I introduce the major one, is that all right? And is eight chapters before that happens simply too much?
I read a lot of the threads and the consensus is like, you know, bring it in in the first page and you'll be fine.
I'll tell you what my deal is though. In my book, I start it out setting up a lot of things before really diving into the main conflict of the book.
The first chapter tells of how my MC finds the magical artifact that's going to play a big deal in the story, a VERY big deal, and up until chapter 9, the book spends some time building my characters, my world, and introducing some of the villains and minor themes.
However, until Chapter 9, and it's actually the current chapter, I didn't realize that the main conflict hasn't been mentioned yet, and that's because it really can't. I've been letting my older sister read the book, and she said that so far she's been fine with it, since I've been hinting faintly, but I feel like I should... I don't know, have a heavier emphasis on it.
I guess what I'm asking is, as long as I'm able to keep the reader's interests with minor conflicts before I introduce the major one, is that all right? And is eight chapters before that happens simply too much?