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How to Connect Your Chapters
Don’t know when or where to start a new chapter? Breaking your story up into chapters can sometimes help with your overall story arc and can motivate you to keep going. Chapters can also help make your novel more digestible for your readers. For example, I prefer short chapters compared to long chunky paragraphs that seem to go on forever. Structure is important!
Here are a few ways to think about chapters and how they connect:
End with a cliffhanger
This worked really well in The Hunger Games series. Ending your chapters with a cliffhanger or a serious problem not only helps to get you excited about writing, but it’ll keep your readers hooked. Obviously not every book is going to be full of intense action, but each chapter should lead right into the new one—or else you run the risk of boring your readers and you give them a reason to stop reading.
Think about the structure of each scene
Each chapter should have a beginning, middle, and end. Basically, there should be a story arc, no matter how small. What do you want to accomplish during each chapter? What is the point of it? Take a few moments to jot down a quick outline beforehand.
Have a significant moment in each chapter
There should be a defining moment in each chapter. That doesn’t mean it has to be HUGE, but there should be a significant moment that you can remember each chapter by. If you title your chapters, the title should obviously give the reader some clue. What are trying to say? What does the chapter lead to or what type of information are you trying to get across to your readers?
Build tension
It helps to think of your chapters as the building blocks of your story. Each chapter should build tension or lead up to the climax of your novel. Think of each chapter as a mini story that will lead to the main event. Keep the main focus of your story in the back of your mind the whole time when you’re structuring your chapters. Each piece should fit together nicely to build up the bigger story.
-Kris Noel
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nothing pisses me off more than when i see a fic on ao3 talking about reach. "this ship isn't here but i added them for reach" "this fandom tag isn't necessary but i'm adding it for reach" "reposting for reach" STOP IT!!!! this is not tiktok this is not twitter this is an ARCHIVE this is not how it works!!!
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I think one of the most beautiful things about x-reader fanfiction is discovering pieces of the writer sprinkled throughout the fic. Whether it's in their characterization of the canon character or the reader or details about how they like to be touched or loved, or little bits of dialect and personal habits, it's just so endearing. A homage to one of the most basic forms of self expression, and a vulnerable baring of one's soul for others to see. It's so, so special
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Ao3 subscriptions are so fucking wild to me. Every time I write my silly fanfictions and post them 124 people get an email just to let them know that this idiot is posting their fanfictions again. I send 124 people an email every time I write smut. Imagine sending 124 physical letters out just to be like “hello everyone, I put some guys we made up in our heads through the horrors again.” Absolutely absurd. I am kissing all of you on the lips.
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i’m going to say something that might make me seem ungrateful, but i think it’s true of many fic writers:
we want you to leave comments ON ao3.
we’re not angry or disappointed or anything like that when you leave qrts or lots of tags on our fic posts, not at all. we don’t NOT want you to message us to tell us how a fic touched you. but in addition to that, please consider just copying those words and posting them on ao3 as a comment.
why?
the reason is simple: leaving commentary in other places is ephemeral. story posts get pushed down. chats get pushed down in the list of chats, or worse, pushed up in lists of messages as the conversation continues. but comments on ao3 are easily accessible. and this is important because writers read and reread these comments regularly.
writing, especially writing longfics, is exhausting and drains your confidence over time. having a collection of people who enjoyed your past work at your fingertips is an excellent way to build yourself up when you’re feeling down. fic writers need this a lot.
i know over the past few years there’s this trend to be very descriptive with what is an “acceptable” comment. that’s all nonsense, as long as you’re not being an asshole, just say what’s on your heart.
but post it on ao3. please.
#flash backs to when someone tweeted about my fic and i found out second hand via a friend#its okay! you can say something!
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ao3 wrapped [writers edition]
How many words have you written this year?
How many works did you publish this year?
What work are you most proud of (regardless of kudos/hits)?
What work of yours has the most hits?
What work of yours got more feedback than you expected?
Favorite title you used
If you use song lyrics, which artist’s songs did you pull from the most?
Pairing you wrote the most for this year?
Favorite pairing you wrote for this year?
What work was the quickest to write?
What work took you the longest to write?
How many WIP’s do you have in your docs for next year?
What’s your longest work of the year?
What’s your shortest work of the year?
What WIP are you taking into next year with you?
What’s your most common “Additional Tags” tag?
Your favorite character to write this year?
The character that gave you the most trouble writing this year?
What’s one pairing you want to explore next year?
Which work of yours have you reread the most?
How many kudos in total did you get this year?
Which work has the most comments?
Did you do any collaborative works this year?
Did you write any gifts this year?
Did you receive any gifts this year?
What’s your most common category?
What do you listen to while writing?
Favorite work you wrote this year?
Favorite line/passage you wrote this year?
Biggest surprise while writing this year?
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*firmly grabbing all beginner artists by the shoulders* you have to embrace inconsistency. inconsistency is good because it means you are learning. if you focus too hard on making all your art look the same you are really just holding yourself back and forcing yourself to make the same mistakes rather than develop and grow. style and consistency can come later on when your grasp on the fundamentals is stronger. now take this juice box and get out there and make some art.
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me three seonds after i post my work and there's no vaildation
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RIP Law, you were a wonderful present in the two years I had you
I'm sorry for the crimes I'm about to commit 😔
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Going well! As well as a chopped up Law is anyway
I'm sorry for the crimes I'm about to commit 😔
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I was going to use scissors but found a saw...
I'm sorry for the crimes I'm about to commit 😔
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I'm sorry for the crimes I'm about to commit 😔
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Expanding a thought from a conversation this morning:
In general, I think "Is X out-of-character?" is not a terribly useful question for a writer. It shuts down possibility, and interesting directions you could take a character.
A better question, I believe, is "What would it take for Character to do X?" What extremity would she find herself in, where X starts to look like a good idea? What loyalties or fears leave him with X as his only option? THAT'S where a potentially interesting story lies.
In practice, I find that you can often justify much more from a character than you initially dreamed you could: some of my best stories come from "What might drive Character to do [thing he would never do]?" As long as you make it clear to the reader what the hell pushed your character to this point, you've got the seed of a compelling story on your hands.
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