With E-book sales increasing by more than 300% for the second year, publishers delivering new revenue streams through E-book Apps, and academic publishers long having derived some 90% of their revenue online, it is a travesty to describe all this as the publishing world being "in denial" a...
The proper use of chapters probably won't make or break your book — but it can make for a better reading experience. That said, one of the questions many writers ask has to do with chapter length. Specifically, how long a chapter should be. Average novel chapter lengths fall in the 3...
How long should my book be?When you’re planning a book (even if you’re a pantser) it’s important to know a few things about your genre ahead of time—things like, well, what genre it is. And what the theme is. And how many words it will be. Yeah. Even word count should ...
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- How long should your novel be? - How can you tell if your idea will work as a novel—or if it would be better as a short story? - How do you divide a novel into chapters? - Do you REALLY have to make a novel outline?
Here are a few things you should do to get to know your audience as best you can: Understand the niche genre:Fantasy is a broad genre with many sub-genres—epic, urban, dark, to name a few. Zero in on the niche that interests you most. It will give you a sense of direction. ...
Genre can also make a difference to how long your novel should be. Science fiction and fantasy novels tend to have higher word counts than most other genres, averaging around 90,000–120,000 words, since they often need a lot of words for world building and introducing magic systems. Big,...
So resist the temptation to create a perfect lead. Who can relate to perfection? You’ll also have an antagonist (also known asthe villain) who should be every bit as formidable and compelling as your hero. Make sure the bad guy isn’t bad just because he’s the bad guy. 😊 ...
Basically how you would like a true real friend to be, you should be like this to your true friends. Trust, forgiveness, accountability(责任)are some ingredients of a true friend. True friendships are hard to come by. And what’s more, life is short. So treasure these friends if you ...
blog posts, long-form articles, subreddits — all of which continually interrupt/disrupt our experience of reality. And while technology allows us to access an unparalleled amount of information, our 50,000 year oldhomo sapienbrains haven’t quite evolved quick enough to be able to process it...