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Appelsina

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 11:41 am
How long do your chapters need to be to be considered a 'chapter'? Page wise. (I use Microsoft Word so...not sure if it makes any difference.)
Just need some advice because I am unsure about my chapter lengths.
Mine are usually ten to fifteen pages. ( emo )

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 12:00 pm
It's totally up to you(:
I consider a chapter from 3OOO Words to 7OOO.
 

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Appelsina

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 12:21 pm
Then mine are chapters then.~
Chapters 1 and 2 are both within the 4k-5k word area. biggrin
I'm working on chapter 3 right now.  
PostPosted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 9:35 am
Well chapters can be a small as a paragraph, or as long as 100 pages, its seriously up to you I have chapters only 1000 words long and other way longer... its up to you... my teacher said that to look at them like finishing a thought and wanting to say you completed something...  

Abyss Love


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PostPosted: Sat May 01, 2010 9:03 am
I just say its however long you want it. I have seen chapters that are only like 2 paragraphs. It should be up to the author  
PostPosted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 4:51 pm
Depends on what you're writing. As was said, chapeters have been a snetence. But that usually only works in a comedy of some sort.
Chapters are like long paragrpahs. They should end when somehting of signifance changes. Like an idea or a narrator or something.  

Sinann of Erin

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midnight_wolf_dream
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 2:54 pm
I would have to agree with Erin, some chapters are short, others long, all it is is an idea, a part of the story and when the idea is changed so is the chapter.  
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