Chapter Length: Author Intent and Reader Response: #authortoolboxbloghop
How can chapter length serve the intent of the author, and affect mood, theme, and character?
How can chapter length serve the intent of the author, and affect mood, theme, and character?
For my first two books, I was lucky – years of immersing myself in the Roman and post-Roman history of Britannia meant I had little actual research to do, except fact-checking. But the third took me into the library.
Colour-coding can help a writer identify weaknesses in their manuscript in an analytic, non-threatening manner.
I have ADHD, which has both its own challenges and its own rewards. At some point in grad school, I recognized my lack of organizational skills.
My critique partner is also my life partner. How do we make this work?
Visiting the setting of your planned or in-progress novel? A few suggestions on using your time well.
How does my project-based work experience help me as a writer?
I have no personal interest in warfare, in strategy and tactics or in battlefield recreations, or in the choreography of fighting. How then do I write battle scenes?