Question About Writing

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Wolf-Paw Rank : 98	Posted : 1 month, 3 weeks ago at May 14 21:51 - A thought came to my mind for a long writing(Anywhere 100+ pages)... should you always break it down into Chapters or Parts? Or can you leave it as just one big writing?
Michigo Rank : 3358	Posted : 1 month, 3 weeks ago at May 14 21:53 - I think it's easier to break it into parts and chapters.
Michigo Rank : 3358	Posted : 1 month, 3 weeks ago at May 14 21:53 - But I think you can leave it as one big one.
Wolf-Paw Rank : 98	Posted : 1 month, 3 weeks ago at May 14 21:55 - I was thinking, could easily break down my stories into parts if I wrote them, but chapters is kind of tough for mine I wouldn't want 80 Chapters of 5-20 pages each or something like that, I'd want to keep it down to 30 chapters or so Alright, let me improve the question what do you think should be whjen you choose chapters and when you choose parts So far I am thinking if I can fit them into 30 chapters, I'll do chapters, if not, I'll do parts, but I wanna see whether or not 30 is a good place for deciding on it
Michigo Rank : 3358	Posted : 1 month, 3 weeks ago at May 14 21:57 - I think it could be even less than 30
Wolf-Paw Rank : 98	Posted : 1 month, 3 weeks ago at May 14 22:02 - Well, I meant if I can make it anywhere between 1-30 chapters that would work, but do you think I should make it 1-25 or 1-20 chapters or something? The only cool thing about chapters is you can put parts in too if you want, but only if a part starts where a chapter ends so for a few of the romances which each have a similar plot, they are split into 4 parts, so far I am calling those parts Dog Days/Summer, Leaf Bare/Fall, Cold Season/Winter and Rain Season/Spring(Not sure which set of parts I mgith use, or I might make it8 parts if I decide to continue the story... or if it lasts longer... or something... Lol)
Michigo Rank : 3358	Posted : 1 month, 3 weeks ago at May 14 22:06 - I'm not sure what you should do but I pick capters becuse it's easier to read.
Wolf-Paw Rank : 98	Posted : 1 month, 3 weeks ago at May 14 22:06 - Alright, I'll see if I can make them into chapters when I finish writing them
Michigo Rank : 3358	Posted : 1 month, 3 weeks ago at May 14 22:08 - Okee dokee
Illusion Rank : 171	Posted : 1 month, 2 weeks ago at May 16 20:49 - You should it's easier to catagorize them if they're in chapters.
Ashurii Kisate Rank : 202	Posted : 1 month, 2 weeks ago at May 17 9:48 - Chapters make a book easier to understand, so I think chapters are always a good idea for a long story.
Illusion Rank : 171	Posted : 1 month, 2 weeks ago at May 17 9:49 - That's why I write in chapters it also allows you to comeback to the book and know roughly where you were and not have to read the entire thing again.
Ashurii Kisate Rank : 202	Posted : 1 month, 2 weeks ago at May 17 9:52 - Exactly. It also lets you focus on one point at a time, so not to confuse you when youre writing it, or your readers when they read it.
Illusion Rank : 171	Posted : 1 month, 2 weeks ago at May 17 9:53 - Yep the folly of the whole one chapter method.It's very very confusing I once ended up missing out the entire centre of the story which was of pinacle importance.
Wolf-Paw Rank : 98	Posted : 1 month, 2 weeks ago at May 17 11:53 - Alright; only, I don't get confused when writing without chapters, I used to write long stories(for my age) when I was 9 and 10(they were 10 page or less stories) and then, if it seemed like a new even occurred(such as in one story, it was about a race of alien small dragons, there was when they attacked the school, when a few sided with the kids, and when the kids defeated the evil alien dragons, and the teachers(WOOT) it was a fun story, my teacher gave it an A+(only A+ in the class too) anyways, I'd put in chapters, like Chapter 1 Invasion, Chapter 2 was called Betrayal or something, and chapter 3 was Rebellion Just something about my style I write and then add things based on if they work or not But, I'd also like to mention, not all books have chapters, some need parts instead, or none at all, though I honestly don't like none at all, so I try to get tht\e ones into Parts(though most of the time it never works) My question is, if it is a confusing read without chapters, but I can't make chapters to fit the set events without them being half a page long, should I just leave it as it is, or mess with it and make it a zillion billion half page chapters? And nobody answered my question; Where should I stop for chapters say I have a 100 page book, the most chapters I'd want it... 20? Because, if there are too many chapters, it makes you look amateur because you can't keep attention on one thing for a long time but if you have too little it is slightly confusing
Illusion Rank : 171	Posted : 1 month, 2 weeks ago at May 17 14:16 - cool I usually aim for 230 pages including dedications.
Wolf-Paw Rank : 98	Posted : 1 month, 2 weeks ago at May 17 14:19 - I never said it'd be 100 pages, I was asking a QUESTION... Dedications?
Illusion Rank : 171	Posted : 1 month, 2 weeks ago at May 17 14:20 - Yes dedications saying thanks to those who helped you out those who you love and ofcoarse to say thank you to your fans.
Wolf-Paw Rank : 98	Posted : 1 month, 2 weeks ago at May 17 14:21 - What about the question? -___-' nobody answered any of them so far except the very first
Illusion Rank : 171	Posted : 1 month, 2 weeks ago at May 17 14:22 - sorry but I am trying to answer them.
Wolf-Paw Rank : 98	Posted : 1 month, 2 weeks ago at May 17 14:24 - Okay
Illusion Rank : 171	Posted : 1 month, 2 weeks ago at May 17 14:25 - Yes
Shinku Rank : 4056	Posted : 1 month, 2 weeks ago at May 17 20:56 - For my stories i make them into Chapters but for 1 story it was an episode of Naruto i made up so i put it in Parts.
Wolf-Paw Rank : 98	Posted : 1 month, 2 weeks ago at May 17 21:21 - Alright, I'll see what I can do with chapters, this might be tough XP