Help! Help!

Can I have a month long break in my novel? as in, this section of the book has reached its natural conclusion, there is a bunch of stuff one of my characters needs to learn but i don't want to write about a months worth of learning, its not very interesting. It would mean I'd have to write about the MC being comatose for a month (also not very exciting).
Other books have sections right? I'm sure I've read books where this has happened but for the life of me can't remember what they are.
I want to pick back up when they start out on their new journey.

WIP: Ayden: 70,096/95,000 (estimated total).
Rough Editing: Lifelines: 104/104 pages.

J.C Hart

Split the book into two parts. Name the parts and then in the book it clearly seperates it.

That's my two cents. I wouldn't worry about it. Just skip to where the story needs to be.

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"The next month was a boring round of study and recover, then..."

You may be thinking of Lord o the Rings, Fellowship of the ring, when Frodo arrives in Rivendell and there's a passage explainging how boring it would be to write about the pleasant time he had there, skip to the action!

maggenpye -
"He's not my dad, he's just my father - big difference."

Good thanks! I knew I had seen it some places but yeah, all I needed was confirmation that skipping ahead was fine :-) so cheers. mind you, thats two more 'titles' i'm going to have to come up with! lol thanks guys.

WIP: Ayden: 70,096/95,000 (estimated total).
Rough Editing: Lifelines: 104/104 pages.

J.C Hart

You could just say 'Part One' and 'Part Two' but we know you're more creative than that. :)

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Eve's Vineyard: 2,158/6,000 (Sept Zing Thing)

In my Nano novel, my last chapter was called "Eighteen Years Later" - I think you can do it! :)

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I see it quite often in novels where the plot has gaps of time. There is really no problem with this in my opinion, as long as the reader isn't missing out on anything extremely important that happened during that time. I plan to write my NaNo novel in two parts as well (maybe). The second part takes place 16 years after the first :O. So, yeah, I think you could totally pull it off ;)

I always find it interesting when people ask "Can I do this?" about something that is theirs.

Of course you can. If you can write it and enjoy it, then go for it.

The worst that can happen is that it won't work out. Play around with it and see where it goes.

While other people can give you advice and say "no", "yes", "try this instead", they can only ultimately guide you and you'll end up having to figure it out on your own in the end.

My two cents, but you don't have to take my word for it. :)

Travis.
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Excellent point Cottreau.

The last short story competition I was in (shortlisted - yay!), the judge spent 15 minutes explaining all the 'proper' elements he looked for while judging. All us writers moaned and muttered as we realised 'our' story would have been knocked out because of the POV, the story arc, the over-descriptions etc etc.

Then the judge announced that the winner had ignored all of these elements, but he just really got taken along by her individuality!

There was a rush for the wine waiters as we all realised that the rules are there, but could be broken and ignored at any time.

Do what you like, if it works, it works.

maggenpye -
"He's not my dad, he's just my father - big difference."

I just had a year of college passed in three sentences because nothing much would have been going on. I have read alot of books like that and it does not detract from it at all.

My idea of hell is being trapped in a room with no books!

I have three scenes going on at present. It is 8 am on Saturday morning, in Essex, (Joanne has work to do, drinking fruit juice and deciding what to have for breakfast). In Kent, Joanne's mum is heading off in her car to see Joanne, and in London, Vivienne is waking up after a hard night of fashion modelling.
But that is a different thing again :)

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The Zing Thing: "The Makeover."

'Southern Scriber.'

I've just skipped 3 days without much more than "where the hell have you been!"

They then get to tell each other what they've been up to (she mutilated his clothes, for one thing) and it's still got continuity.

In Holly Lisle's Page-Turning Scenes she says that there is no such thing as a transition scene. All you need is to make sure that the reader has a feel for how much time has passed and you can do this in one sentence.

Well worth a read.

No Excuses. Just Write.
WIP - Freeing the Flame: 0/66 scenes of rewrite #2.
Eve's Vineyard: 2,158/6,000 (Sept Zing Thing)