_____In my novel-to-be, I have a small group of main characters, with one MAIN character. Since my 1st main character is part of most of the...
I'm trying to write a graphic novel (a fantasy-mystery, to put it simply)that has a sort of "episodic" feel with one or two chapters dedicated to...
Hey everyone, I'm in the thick of a first draft right now. The whole novel is generally forward moving. The first eight chapters deal with a...
What experiene level are you at writing? Have you ever sold your writing or been published? As for me, I'm just starting out... I've written a...
So my novel is around 85,000 words long and has 65 chapters. Most of those chapters are only 3-4 pages long. Each of those chapters told a part of...
Hello to all aspiring authors and writing enthusiasts, I am very new to the possibility or probabilty that any of my ideas may ever one day...
I'm just wondering what people's thoughts were on chapter lengths. My first chapter currently stands at 7 pages/2,225 words. I think it's fine...
Hi guys, i am new around here. I wanted to post parts of my, tentatively titled, novel/ passion project called "The Ashes of Chaos". but before...
I was just wondering, do you simply number your chapters or name them? And if you name them, do the names mostly come to you as you go along or do...
I know this question has many different answers (meaning, it doesn't really have an answer), but how many words do YOU normally write in a normal...
Some Authors just name there chapters "Chapter 1", "Chapter 2" etc where others give their chapters individual names. More out of curiosity, I'm...
I realize there won't be hard and fast rules for this, and that that there are plenty of examples of really short and really long chapters....
Hi, I'll start out by giving you a little bit of background about myself I'm 17 and have wrote for a little more than a year, and I'm self...
In my Western involving the outlaw, Mike Wolfletter, and the Irish kid he finds (they're both on a 'revenge' quest of sorts), I figured I could...
In your opinion, how long should an ideal chapter be? Is 1500 words too short? Discuss and if possible explain your point of view.
I'm writing a piece with multiple perspectives. Is it best to just do numbered chapters? Or would borrowing Geaorge Martins method be kosher?
What are your thoughts on beginning a story with your MC in some sort of tumultuous situation and then spending the next several chapters...
Do chapters have to be a certain length for novels? I'm just curious because my chapters are usually between 1,000 and 2,000 words. I was just...
I'm at the editing stage (well, and also 2 chapters to finalise) and I have a crucial scene where the hero is holding up a beam and part of the...
Arrrgggghhhhh!!! I was doing a lot of cutting and pasting while rearranging chapters. I copied something to the clipboard, then I guess I was...
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