There are no rules for how long chapters should be or how to divide them. Authors often choose to end a chapter at a natural stopping point in a story, which is likely to coincide with the end of a scene. The same chapter may contain more than one scene. Other times, an author migh...
How many words should my novel be? The average word count for a standard novel typically falls between 70,000 and 100,000 words. A minimum of 40,000 words is usually considered the threshold for a novel, while the maximum word count can be around 140,000, depending on your book's genr...
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 ...
it was only natural that they should be there a good hour before there was any chance of Mother s train arriving, even if the train were punctual, which was most unlikely.
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‘on a dark and stormy night’. It was my way of lightening the tone a little. The over-use of this purple prose made it just the tiniest bit tongue-in-cheek, which to my mind, lessened the ‘ouch’ factor. I think purple prose can be useful at times as long as it’s used ...
These components of dramatic structure can be found in every arc, and are part of what gives each arc their structure. Story Arcs Can Also Fit Three-Act Structure The Greek philosopher Aristotle gave the first recorded writing tip, saying that stories should have a beginning, a middle, and ...
Personally, I always start by brainstorming my premise and my ending, if I don’t know what they should be already. Here are some prompt I’ve used: Give me [NUMBER] high-concept pitches for a bestselling [GENRE] story with a unique twist, intriguing characters, and gripping emotional ...
Showalter and Westfeldt transform a wish-fulfillment fantasy about not-quite Harry Styles fingering an older woman in a series of glamorous locations (Rome! Paris!) into a bona fide rom-com, which means a charming "meet-cute" is required. This demands a stark change from the novel, where ...