Allison WyssApr 25, 2023

A client has me thinking about chapters.

Chapters can feel essayistic (coving a topic) or episodic (covering an event). Some writers care most about their length.

I consider their shape & how they make patterns & how the breaks influence a reader's experience.

They're kind of arbitrary like paragraphs--which is fun.

How do you think about chapters?

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Show threadAllison WyssApr 25, 2023

Ok. So.

A word is a flavor. A sentence is a bite. A paragraph is like a dish--an entre or a side dish or a salad or whatever. (The meal may or may not be coursed through section breaks, but if so, a section is a course.) A chapter is a meal. And the novel is, what, your life?

(This doesn't really hold up, but it's fun to think about.)

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@allisonwyss I can dig it.
Apr 26, 2023 at 12:22amWeb