Hi
I'm currently writing the second draft of a novel I've been working on for just over a year. I recently decided - and this is very out of character for me - to add a new dynamic to the relationships of the novel. The reason I'm here is to ask your thoughts - do you think it would work, or do you think it would detract from the mystery of the novel and where its characters would end up.
First of all, let me fill you in on some background detail. This book is set to be the first of three. It begins with a boy we could refer to as Character X, a fifteen year old living in a drab, gothic orphanage after the death of his father some nine years ago. Near the beginning of the novel, we introduce Character Y, a boy of the same age and similar predicament who ends up befriending Character X and so becomes a key character of the story.
Not so long after this point, both characters find they have been summoned to earth's twin planet, inhabited by humanoid-aliens whose job is to keep our planet on a strict schedule or plan, if you will. This may involve such things as ensuring somebody gets to work on time or even minuscule things such as turning right as opposed to left, such things which can have a "butterfly effect". This schedule is contained in one giant, never-ending document.
Character X and Y, when they arrive on this planet, meet a girl of the same age, Character Z, who character Y instantly connects with. Character Z reciprocates these feelings. Towards the end of the novel, Character X and Z discover the master copy of the "schedule" only to find that, at some point in the future, they will end up indefinitely married, a fate they both find hard to come to terms with (but eventually turns out to be true).
Sorry for such a long post. So, do you think this would add an interesting dynamic to the characters, or do you think this revelation could detract from the mystery of the novel?
Thanks!
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