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Hi,
So I’m writing a book at the moment that focuses mostly on the main characters growth and change, when a sudden plague takes over the city she lives in. Like a zombie movie but without zombies lol, so that kind of setting. I wanted to show her life before the sickness takes the city and how each stage of the sickness, then its spreading and the changes in people as they begin to panic and horde food and so on and how it affacts her and how she has to change to keep the people she loves safe.
So the first few chapters would be before the sickness even hits, how can I set up the novel so people get a hint of whats to come and open in an interesting way so people don’t get bored, because it would basically be her doing things in her everyday life, nothing special.
Any tips or ideas for me.

Suppose for a moment magic was real.
You could throw fireballs, heal people with a touch, raise zombies, transform yourself into an animal… the whole bit. But while you could do those things, the study and usage of magic would be strictly forbidden due to it’s potential for abuse. People caught using it would be imprisoned and drugged to prevent them from able to conduct magic.
Would you be able to resist the temptation to practice it?