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Date Posted: 21:53:49 05/02/09 Sat
Author: Randy
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Subject: Different writers do it different ways
In reply to: Grumpy 's message, "Flatterer." on 00:45:19 05/01/09 Fri

Some folks recommend not even worrying about chapter divisions till you get the whole thing finished. If you feel like its getting hard to control, that might be a good idea.

There are also some good resources out there that have really helped me. One was a cheapo paperback by Stephen King called 'on writing'. Another was 'Manuscript Makeover'. A lot of books on writing just repeat the same stuff, so one or two usually does the job. They all tend to repeat the same easily outlined points. A few disagree on a few points, and some writers do things completely differently. But if you think looking to resources by people in the field will help, I encourage it. I read a lot of em.

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