Desiderius Price
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Do you prefer shorter or longer chapters?
Desiderius Price replied to Deadman's topic in Writers' Corner
Aw, the eternal debate on “size” Shorter generally means a faster tempo, but you cover less. Longer means you can get into more detail, but can be a slower read too. Also, there’s the attention span of the reader to consider, and giving them natural “stopping points” to come back later. I’ve tried short chapters before (2K) and that was faster to write that story. OTOH, I tend to go for 7-8k averages for the contemplative/serious writings. However, if a chapter hits 10kwords, that’s when I’m looking to split (even if it goes “part A” and “part B”). -
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Should we spook people by talking about Holiday stories?
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There, I think I have a complete Halloween story, maybe I’ll get it revised before Manta can unlock the archives for posting?
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I’ve tried SFW… one reason why my Halloween story’s stalled. Nah, I’m not here to collect a paycheck, that’s what the day job is for. I’m trying to hone my craft of telling tales, with the sexual aspect as a garnish not the main goal of my art. Publishing (whether self or via traditional) would be more of a right-of-passage/badge-of-honor than a career change. As you’ve seen, the terms of a lot of these places are okay with adults having sexual thoughts, but it’s gotta be puritanical and be totally devoid of naughty thoughts until their 18th birthdays which is too unrealistic for me.
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4+1+1+8+8 = 22
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Welcome to national LEFTOVERS day.
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The ½ was the “auto-format” the forum software does on me… (annoying TBH), was trying to be short for minor1/minor2, ie, under-18 characters having sexual relations.
