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I'm about 14000 words into my story, and I need to do over a year's worth of skipped time, although I do know I'm going to add a bare minimum of two more chapters first (probably at least 5000 words). I have an idea of how the transition is going to go, but I need to time it right and not do it too soon. Anyone have an opinion on the matter?
I mean, the game Asura's Wrath had you play through the first 2 or 3 chapters (about 45 minutes at most) and then time-skipped TWELVE THOUSAND YEARS, so I think a year will be fine for you. As for timing, 14,000 words doesn't seem that early for a book (at least to me), so you should be fine as long as you incorporate it well. How many chapters are 14,000 words in your case?
I'm currently on 6. I've started working out some of the details that need to be set before the time skip, so I think I'll eventually figure things out, but I still want to be careful.
Basically the protagonist loses his job, his life is going to stagnate for a while.
The antagonist is getting used to her new life (we do not know she's to be the antagonist yet, that's something that happens post-time-skip…)
I feel like all of that in-between, day-to-day life would be boring, beyond the details of what people need to know. That can all be summarized after the time skip though, if anything important supposedly happened in between.
Well, if nothing important happens, then by all means! However, time skips are usually used from the perspective of the main character, that way things will be eventually revealed to the character (and the reader!) during the story. You could have the antagonist be preparing during the time skip and the protagonist doesn't find out until much later, or simply summarize both characters' actions if the good stuff doesn't happen until a time skip takes place.
They're both main characters, and they both have a perspective. She doesn't actually "fall" until after the time skip, when she meets a certain dragon. I might phase her out for a few chapters post-time-skip, and bring her back in after the betrayal because her story needs to be heard too.