Australian Writers' Forum

Mixing up the lengths of each story in a collection is good - a couple of short shorts, a few longer pieces (3k), and one (or two) others?? The best thing about a collection of shorts (apart from the practice of writing tight) is that if you self-publish, the shorts collection can keep your name on ...

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It's not the best example, but it was there, and a reminder about why characters are the main effort of a story is never a bad thing. It's always about the characters - isn't that why we remember stories, and what we remember when talking about stories? the who and the why of the who. The way we rel...

:s Yes, sounds a bit same-same to me. I've never found a satisfactory definition for the purpose of a chapter, except that it's where to stick the bookmark. Scenes make sense - it's one event in one setting from one POV where something changes; in effect, a small story that contributes to the bigger...

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Although I prefer to write in chunks known as scenes, this is a good discussion on why there are chapters, what they do ... which is almost what a scene does, so I like it!

Any thoughts?

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Whoops, wrong one - but I'll leave it, and put the right one here:

https://careerauthors.com/author-voice/

I hope you enjoy the first one as much as the second one!

Yes, they will. Surprise should come with an, 'Oh, of course - I should've seen it coming!' and not a, 'What the cheese?' or 'Who is that character?'
I would burn the book, toss it to the chooks, or drop it in the craypot. Even if I did it ...