Creative writing/ storytelling tutorials for the multimedia age. The writing strategies offered in these video tutorials can also be applied to film work, storyboarding, cartooning, script writing, etc. but they are still very much about writing. Writing is an important skill for most kinds of multimedia artists.
I choose a standard length but it varies from chapter to chapter. How each chapter ends is the most important thing to consider. Readers usually take a break from reading after a chapter. How will each chapter leave your reader feeling? My ideal way to end a chapter is where there will be a change of circumstance. Readers also like a cliff hanger so they can look forward to finding out what happens. Think of each chapter as a quasi short-story; the more it holds its own as well as a short-story the better.
I have a question about novel chapters.... does each chapter have to be the same length or can some chapters be longer or shorter than others?
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