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[Lovely_Cornchips]

OK SO I AM STRUGGLING WITH A DECISION!

I AM WRITING AN UPDATE FOR A STORY
AND I WAS PLANNING ON HAVING THE SCENE I WROTE AND THEN A BUNCH OF CHAPTER BREAKS SHOWING PROGRESSION
BUT THE PART I WROTE JUST NOW IS ALREADY OVER 3K WORDS SO ITS ALREADY KIND OF LONG AND SO
WITH THE PROGRESSION IN THERE IT COULD BE HELLA LONG

SO SHOULD I JUST MAKE A HELLA LONG CHAPTER

OR

SHOULD I MAKE TWO CHAPTERS (ONE WITH THE SCENE THE OTHER WITH NOTHING BUT CHAPTER BREAKS AND PROGRESSION)

THEY BOTH HAVE PROS AND CONS
THE FIRST WILL FLOW BEST AND HELP MY STORY MOVE A LONG A BIT FASTER
BUT IT ALSO MEANS A LOT OF TIME EDITING (OR ME BECOMING LAZY AND NOT EDITING AT ALL)

THE OTHER MEANS I AM MORE LIKELY TO EDIT BUT IT DRAGS THE STORY ON A BIT MORE AND WON'T FLOW AS WELL.​

 

[Lovely_Cornchips]

6 people viewing and noone helping me tsk tsk tsk

 

[Wicked]

I feel like flow is way more important to a story instead of making it feel a little draggy.

 

[Lovely_Cornchips]

I feel like flow is way more important to a story instead of making it feel a little draggy.

oof that's what I was thinking but I wasn't sure

 

[Wicked]

oof that's what I was thinking but I wasn't sure

Maybe don't edit it all at once but in sections at a time if that will make it feel less daunting?

 

[Lovely_Cornchips]

Maybe don't edit it all at once but in sections at a time if that will make it feel less daunting?

That might be a good decision too-I may not commit though because I suck ass XD

 

[Wicked]

That might be a good decision too-I may not commit though because I suck ass XD

LOL GOOD LUCK!

 

[Lovely_Cornchips]

LOL GOOD LUCK!

THANK YOU

 

[Sourcekeeper]

I agree with jimin.

 

[CrunchyLegend]

I feel like flow is way more important to a story instead of making it feel a little draggy.

Agreed. I think the most important lesson I ever learned with writing was to not fall in love with the way I've written something to the point that I'm unwilling to change it for the sake of clarity, brevity, or some other means of providing a better experience to the reader.

 

[Darkseid]

People don't mind long chapters actually unless it goes like beyond 10K or something, so better to keep up the flow I'd say. I've seen reviews for chapters averaging 2K words where people wanted it to be longer.

 

[4Ren]

Agreed. I think the most important lesson I ever learned with writing was to not fall in love with the way I've written something to the point that I'm unwilling to change it for the sake of clarity, brevity, or some other means of providing a better experience to the reader.

People don't mind long chapters actually unless it goes like beyond 10K or something, so better to keep up the flow I'd say. I've seen reviews for chapters averaging 2K words where people wanted it to be longer.

As a Writer In-Training [or a WIT XD] I think those are the best kinds of advice anyone writing in progress could hear.

 

[Angelyna_Frost]

Chipsy, go with a steady flow and don't worry about the other stuff. You are a crackerjack writer, so just keep going and it will all work out in the end. Editing is a minor tech point anyhow. :)

 

[Discipline]

As someone who is studying literature and has to read quite a few books, proses and poetry:

There’s nothing worse than having to read something that drags on to the point that you forget what the main point of that chapter was. As long as you stick to the plot, the reader will stay invested.

So I’d also recommend going with the first option

 

[Belgizen]

2 chapters
I never like to stop mid-chapter but a long story might scare away people