Hey guys!
So, in a novel that I've been tinkering with for a while I have three main characters. These switch from chapter to chapter (close third person), and while they are all in the same story, they are all on different paths and cause different issues that injure or help the others. Nothing too original there.
My question is: is it okay to have one-off chapters set in a strange POV.
Sometimes, I want to illuminate something happening elsewhere in the world that will have consequences for the MCs, but without any of them being nearby. Say, for example, the hatching of a murder plot against one of them by the 'big bad.' Is it okay to have a single chapter in a new POV that will never resurface? (To clarify, the characters used do return and play an important role, they are just not the focal point of other chapters.)
Keep warm, stay cool,
Edgar A.
So, in a novel that I've been tinkering with for a while I have three main characters. These switch from chapter to chapter (close third person), and while they are all in the same story, they are all on different paths and cause different issues that injure or help the others. Nothing too original there.
My question is: is it okay to have one-off chapters set in a strange POV.
Sometimes, I want to illuminate something happening elsewhere in the world that will have consequences for the MCs, but without any of them being nearby. Say, for example, the hatching of a murder plot against one of them by the 'big bad.' Is it okay to have a single chapter in a new POV that will never resurface? (To clarify, the characters used do return and play an important role, they are just not the focal point of other chapters.)
Keep warm, stay cool,
Edgar A.