One thing I used to find really cool about the Artemis Fowl books when I was younger was that Eoin Colfer (the author) would sometimes write one chapter leading up to an event from one character’s point of view, and then write the next chapter leading up to the same event but from a different character’s point of view. Might be tricky if your characters are all together at the start, but assuming they’re all trying to stop the assassination separately you can introduce each character separately and give some explanation and backstory while only dealing with one plot point. Doesn’t have to be a whole chapter each, maybe put a time stamp and location before each section so that readers don’t get confused. Except then you’ll have to do that for the whole story else it’ll look weird.
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It certainly wouldn’t work given the current way it played out, but if I mixed things up a bit, it might. At the moment, I have the two “saviors” splitting up to cover more ground, and then one of them finds the protag only a few seconds before the assassin does. Cue chase scene & escape. I have this set as the prologue, but I suppose I could theoretically make this the entire first chapter. Make the events more complicated, go back & forth between the two saviors, etc. My only concerns are, A. I don’t think I’d use this technique a lot naturally. I’d definitely have to go out of my way, to use it a few more times throughout so this intro doesn’t feel too out of place. B. This doesn’t help you learn much more about the protag, as she was literally just chilling in her house watching TV before the assassin attacks. C. It might still have the same issue, of the protag asking these guys to take her somewhere way too quickly after she met them. Despite my concerns, though, I do like the idea! I’ll make a note of it! Thanks!