Tavern Rewrite Update · 8:00am Aug 28th, 2014
I've been sitting on the completed rewrite of Tavern's second chapter for a while now, but I've got a slight problem. In the process of redoing the chapter, it grew by about four thousand words—similar to how when I redid the first chapter, it grew about two thousand words. Based on what I want to add to the third chapter, it's also going to grow a bit in the rewrite.
If I were to update Tavern with the new material I have right now, it would be a 40,000+ word fic contained in only three chapters. A lot of people like long chapters. Me, I'm not one of those people. Not really. So here's my proposition; when I finish rewriting the third chapter, I'll go in and split my three chapters into more manageable chunks. Say, six chapters total. At least. They'll still be long chapters, but they should give everyone more breathing room.
That sounds reasonable. The trickiest part would probably be picking good points for the split. Still, 7k words a chapter sounds a fair amount.
That sounds like a thing you should definitely do.
That sounds like something you shouldn't do. Long chapters are wonderful for immersion!
But that's just the opinion of someone who can manage to concentrate for long periods of time.
Not a bad idea at all! I find 5000-8000 words to be just about ideal for a chapter. As a reader, it's far more welcoming to look at a shorter opening chapter and jump in to read that, compared to something super long that I know would be an investment. (And then when you hook me in the short chapter and I read all the rest, it's a nice trick)
Sounds fair to me. I do like me a big chapter, but manageable-ness is good.