Writing Stack Exchange
Writing Stack Exchange

Questions tagged [chapters]

This tag should be used for questions about chapters, a way to divide a book into smaller parts.

This tag should be used for questions about chapters, a way to divide a book into smaller parts. You can ask about typical styles of chapters, such as where to put them, or techniques for building a story arc for individual chapters.

66 questions
4
votes
4 answers

What to do with 'blank' chapters?

I have a chapter outline for the novel series I'm writing, and I have a few 'blank' chapters where I don't know what to write in them. I need to do something quickly, because I've started writing the first book and I am nearly up to my first blank…
James
  • 297
  • 1
  • 8
3
votes
2 answers

Is there any published resource on how many words chapters should be?

I'm aware of the rules of thumb (around 3,000 - 5,000 words, depending on whom you ask), but has this actually been written in a credible manual for writers that can be cited (not a website)?
irene
  • 131
  • 2
2
votes
2 answers

When should I start thinking about chapters?

I'm putting together an editing plan for myself for my novel, and someone said something that made me think of chapters. For my first draft, I hadn't ever thought about chapters that much, only working on the writing itself. When I came to a natural…
AnnWriter19
  • 1,551
  • 7
  • 25
2
votes
2 answers

Chapter size matters?

My chapters are usually 10 or so pages long, but I've been reading this one book with chapters as small as 2 pages. Does this affect the story progression at all?
Aspen the Artist and Author
  • 1,183
  • 9
  • 26
1
vote
1 answer

How to Use this Book vs. Introduction

What is the difference between these two conventions? Are they mutually exclusive? Is one a particular case of the other? I'm having trouble finding information on these sort of parts.
honeynymph
  • 11
  • 1