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- December 18th, 2009, 2:59 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Rules for Chapters
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Re: Rules for Chapters
Yeah, that's an interesting debate on how to end a chapter. James Rollins (regardless of your opinion of him overall) is a master of ending every chapter with something to which you absolutely must know the answer. A cliffhanger. And that approach really propels his story forward, giving it a speed ...
- December 17th, 2009, 7:30 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Rules for Chapters
- Replies: 9
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Rules for Chapters
Hi, All. What's the deal with chapters? I know from reading, of course, that a book can contain chapters as short as one page squeezed in between much longer chapters. But it seems that the rules are different for established authors and unpublished first-timers. For example, there are novels that c...