Have you read Game of Thrones? Because, depending on who you see as the "primary" villain, he does exactly what you want to do (and is a glorious...
There's a bunch of videos on YouTube about the "dark side" of winning the lottery, which sounds kinda similar to the idea you're going with....
That sounds almost exactly like the old sci-fi show Sliders. @OP: if you want mind-bendy time travel, check out the movie Primer, which is...
It can be multiple scenes so long as they are actually setting something up for the next work. I wouldn't go too overboard with the word count....
The Redwall series got me going as a kid. Still think pretty fondly of those books and I plan to reread them at some point. As for the three...
I can't really help you for most of these except for number five. While I'm not a huge fan of the later books, check out the Dresden Files for a...
@GingerCoffee That review is so spoiler-y. Use of Weapons is one of those books that a new reader should really have no idea what it's about. It...
I've got two works you can look at for some inspiration. The Lies of Locke Lamorra has flash-back chapters that fill in details about the main...
I would at least read up to the sixth book, Dead Beat, which I feel is the best of the series. I would not recommend anything after that, as the...
I'd suggest using some sort of tag to let the reader know of the time switch with one caveat. If there is a twist, or mystery, or something...
Depending upon your perspective, The Watchmen would probably qualify as this.
This is an odd coincidence as I just started to re-read the series. The first time I read it, I had a love-hate relationship with the books....
@Nightstar99: are you talking about ellipsis? If so, you should read some of David Foster Wallace. He uses them of all time, often to great...
This isn't what you're going for, but your question made me think of Tom Clancy's Red Storm Rising. The USSR decides to preemptively attack the...
Fair enough. I tend to consider it closer to sci-fi, whereas Warhammer 40K clearly falls at the extreme end of the science fantasy spectrum....
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