Sep
7th
2012
Chapters- Long or short? · 7:46pm Sep 7th, 2012
Alright, I am having a bit of trouble writing chapters for my story Becoming Chaos which exceed the 4000-5000 word mark. Hell, I'm having trouble getting them even close to 3000 at the moment so I shall ask you all a very important question:
Should I make chapters that are shorter (1000-3000) but more frequent or chapters that are longer (4000-6000) and less frequent?
At the moment I have roughly 1200 words written for the new chapter but progress has been slow since I've started my last year at school and I'm catching up on revision I missed from when I was on holiday. Anyway, please write your answer out below because I'm struggling to reach a decision.
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LemonDrizzle · 339 views
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You should do whatever makes you feel the least amount of pressure.dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/emoticons/misc_Colgate_beam.png
It all depends on what, and how you want it to play out.
An example, so far all of the chapters of Through Changes has been short, but I have kept it in a tight pace and not going away from my original plan for it. And in When The Wind Changes near the end, I churned off 3000 - 4000 words chapters to play it all out with less chapters.
The downside with short chapters is that you often end with a cliffhanger, and the downside with long chapters is that it takes some time to produce and get out if you, unlike me write it a little bit of when and where. When I write, I power through the entire chapter until I am satisfied with the result, then send it off to a pre-reader to whip my knuckles with a ruler.
342952 Wow, thats pretty much my editing schedule! And I just asked my editor the same question, long or short chapters?
Because this is mainly a comedy, I would suggest shorter chapters, but ACTUALLY PROOFREAD THEM!!!!!!
te grammar nazis will be all over you like shingles, man
But really, I think longer chapters are better off for more dramatic, or intense stories, like this one,
I think they should be long
But its your story anyways i just love this story and want you to keep up on it 