Hi, I am trying to clarify my thinking on this one. I am writing a historical novel and have just realised that I have two similar deaths in one...
Anyone have any tips for making good chapter endings? I really struggle with these, and I feel like most of the chapter endings I've wrote so far...
Somehow I am still have a problem between chapter and scene and I have always wanted to make this comparison and have someone tell me whether my...
I was wondering how many main/ significant characters can be introduced in one chapter or scene before it becomes "too many" for the readers to...
I love movies so sometimes I try to figure out how I would direct it if I were a movie director (the lighting, the cinematography), or sometimes I...
I'm finally getting back into reading and writing after a few months away from it. I'm wanting to leap back into my WIP, however my mind keeps...
So i'm having a bit of trouble formatting my chapters to help everything flow nicely. In a chapter i want to advance the plot, as well as do some...
I have recently started my first real project, a fantasy short story, and ran into a problem Y'all might be willing to help me with. At the end of...
The first few chapters that I have to write for my stories, are so hard for me to write. Even if I plot out my whole story, I can't for the life...
Hi all. I wonder if you can help me. I've recently completed a romance manuscript at 85k words. I submitted it to agents / pubs, and while many...
I am currently on Chapter 4 of a novel I have finally sat down to write which I have been holding onto for a few years. I have fully fleshed out...
I've finished my first draft and am now trying to edit what I have into a book. Its Science Fiction - anyone have any ideas how long a chapter...
I have a main character suffering from PTSD (result of a tramatic event, four years prior). My plot, as well as the developing relationship...
Hey, I thought I'd just dump this question here because it has to do with the story so kind of also the plot. Problem: At the start of my story,...
So my main character (Rayhne) has no memory of her childhood before she was 11. Right now I have the story starting off Chapter 1 with her using...
I have the general issue of beginning, well, anything. No matter how much I want to do something and how many great ideas I have, it's the opening...
Should it be consistent? Looking at a WIP I noticed that chapter 1(1300) Chapter 2 (1200) and then chapter 3(3700) is that bad? On that...
So, I've read through a lot of older posts and still have a question I'd like to flesh out. In my current WIP my chapters range quite markedly...
This has always confused me, i suppose it address slightly head hopping and scene change. In a story written in 3rd person, if the MC or at least...
Writers at 'Writing Forum.Org', I hope this is as interesting to you guys as it is to me but my cousin Teresa is a writer. She...
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