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Questions to ponder part 11
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: mare on July 09, 2014, 03:01:17 PM ---We should have written a collab back then! LOL maybe together we would have been able to make at least a 500 word chapter!
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LMAO!
Carter:
My longest chapter is from My Answer Is You with 2100+ words in chapter 18. I tend to like shorter chapters. I have a hard time reading as it is in general and with longer chapters I have a hard time focusing without just going completely burned out. Even though I am a binge reader .
Even when I write I know I leave out a lot of detail...and that is probably due to my inability to be able to describe something in general. Seems silly but I have always had trouble but now that I have rambled I prefer smaller chapters :)
balance:
As a reader, I never take notice of the word count. It's not how many words are used, but how the words are used. I need the words to supply the images in my head. For example, if the scene is set in a kitchen, I really don't need every appliance described; however, if the scene is set in the woods, I want to know what the character hears, is the area dense with trees, etc. I don't have a preference of chapter lengths, either. As long as the story flows, I'm good.
mare:
^ It's always great to get the reader's perspective on things. :) Thanks, Pammy!
balance:
:)
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