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Hello lovely people! So I think I've decided for my MC, Mielli, I want Mielli to be a name she chooses to adopt to better hide while... -
Nothing wrong with chapters of any particular length, or varying length. Unless every chapter was less than a page long, that might...
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JLiana replied to the thread Chapter length?.Oh, I've seen this before, this is exactly how I write! It actually makes writing as a craft make more sense to me.
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We do the one scene per chapter thing because I used to have problems with this. Chapter length is one of those craft things where what...
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I have chapters as short as 300 words, and some that top 16,000 words. The chapters are as long as they need to be.
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It really depends on the pace, content, and following content of the scenes in the chapter. There is really is no hard rule, especially...
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My scenes are about 700 words each, and they pretty much count for chapters. 1700 words makes me jelly. I think the ones above pretty...
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Er, no. As a rule you and your editor will work out how long each chapter should be, based on the needs of the story. This is what my...
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There's no formula, with one exception. If you're aiming to trad publish, then your chapters should be however long your publisher says...
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If you use chapters to divide your story they should be as long as required for your story to flow. There is no set length at all.
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Hello!!! I hope everyone is doing well! So looking at my writing so far, I seem to average at about 1,700 words per chapter...but I'm...
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I would probably include key details like if there is any magic or different species like dwarves and dragons etc. even if you aren't... -
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You might consider having a quick read through one or two of Sir Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels. The world is clearly one of...
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JLiana reacted to Toob Waysider's post in the thread What random rabbit holes have you gone down while researching? with Like.
Except for research into Firbolgs, the Winsted Wildman, and "pub & club settings", I can't remember how any of the others began now...
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One of the stories I've been working on takes place on a space colony, so I read a book from the 70s called The High Frontier: Human...