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I’m writing a book…

And I’m just wondering does anyone think 15 pages is too long for a chapter? The first chapter, to be exact. (Had to do a rewrite, have more than that but… why am I writing this? You aren’t going to yell at me because I’m only on my second chapter.)

Also, does anyone think it’d be weird for your main character to get shot in the second chapter? Is it too early in a book?

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atty39 offline Verified User (1 year) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (1 minute after post)

hey, dats allright. but it actully depends on the type of book. i like long books for instance.

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1 year ago (3 minutes after post)

I honestly have no idea how long it’ll be… that whole switch from longhand to a Word Document, you know?

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An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (4 minutes after post)

who cares how long a chapter is…

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I’m writing a book…

And I’m just wondering does anyone think 15 pages is too long for a chapter? The first chapter, to be exact. (Had to do a rewrite, have more than that but… why am I writing this? You aren’t going to yell at me because I’m only on my second chapter.)

Also, does anyone think it’d be weird for your main character to get shot in the second chapter? Is it too soon?

Anonymous edited this post 1 year ago. Read the previous text »

I’m writing a book…

And I’m just wondering does anyone think 15 pages is too long for a chapter? The first chapter, to be exact. (Had to do a rewrite, have more than that but… why am I writing this? You aren’t going to yell at me because I’m only on my second chapter.)

Also, does anyone think it’d be weird for your main character to get shot in the second chapter? Is it too early to do that?

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An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (5 minutes after post)

whats the book about?. then i’ll tel if it'’ll attract readers. i’ve written a book before.

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Anonymous #
1 year ago (6 minutes after post)

Vampires. I’m too paranoid to say more than that. Sorry.

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An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (7 minutes after post)

vampirs who figured out how to walk out in sun huh! i soo good, ima go write that book now.

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Anonymous #
1 year ago (8 minutes after post)

Good for you. Now get off my post.

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An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (8 minutes after post)

oh, first chapter allright. u could try getting the others to 7. anyways, since u say, u rewrote the first chapter twice, dont change it unless there’s sumthing real bad.

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An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (9 minutes after post)

try getting in a nice suspense full prologue

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Anonymous #
1 year ago (9 minutes after post)

I have a short, two page prologue before that.

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An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (10 minutes after post)

good. besto fur ur book. by the way, itz in english rite, and which cuntry r u frum?

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (10 minutes after post)

Depends on font size and how interesting it is. Typically, it should be about 10 pages per chapter.

As long as you can run with it, the main character can get shot in the second chapter.

Dont revise until you finish. If you fix it up too much along the way, you are unlikely to finish.

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1 year ago (10 minutes after post)

Yes, it’s in English. I’m Canadian.

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An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (11 minutes after post)

i also depends on size of page

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (12 minutes after post)

Bogdan wrote:
Depends on font size and how interesting it is. Typically, it should be about 10 pages per chapter.

As long as you can run with it, the main character can get shot in the second chapter.

Dont revise until you finish. If you fix it up too much along the way, you are unlikely to finish.

Times New Roman, font size 12. Regular size page.

I got stuck, and I didn’t like the way it was going, so I just redid some of it.

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An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (12 minutes after post)

youre not very understanding for someone that’s asking for help yourself.

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An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (12 minutes after post)

since itz about vampires, u could put sum big vampire don hu’s the main villian about to take on the world. sorry if it gets u off the original plan

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (13 minutes after post)

A page is usually 1000 words or so, based on 1 page of word processing in Microsoft Word.

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (13 minutes after post)

Argh, I hate it when my internet decides I don’t want to be anonymous anymore.

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