tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809554172663081580.post6527678009499863448..comments2022-10-30T00:01:18.581-07:00Comments on One Writer’s Harrowing Journey (With Pictures!): SUPER AWESOME BIG TIME REWRITE: Constructing ChaptersCacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15225361864066902149noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809554172663081580.post-27982337450197084512011-10-07T18:17:14.049-07:002011-10-07T18:17:14.049-07:00It's funny. I seem to have gone in the opposit...It's funny. I seem to have gone in the opposite direction. In my earliest draft of this novel I'm working on my chapters were super short and now they're pretty long. And I drew on something I picked up from Slaughter House-5 as far as having long chapters but lots of section breaks to break it up and help with pacing. Vonnegut rocks!Cacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15225361864066902149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6809554172663081580.post-24407810747392051422011-10-07T06:31:18.810-07:002011-10-07T06:31:18.810-07:00It's good to hear that your rewrite is going a...It's good to hear that your rewrite is going as planned. In my first book that I wrote I made my chapters way too long. I've learned since then that the proper length for me seems to fall somewhere between 1000 and 3000 words. More than that, and I've definitely got a place where I could break and do a new chapter and just never did. Chapters are important for the pacing of the novel. I really learned this by reading Kurt Vonnegut who makes a chapter one single page. I feel like I'm zooming through his books when I read them.Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.com