Taking a Serious Look at Chapter Breaks
For those of you who were here for much of the first draft, you know that I had employed a writing technique where I wrote a chapter and then offered a piece of the main character’s memory as the chapter break. The memories in the work are exceptionally important to the plot. Believe me when [...]
New Outline and December Writing Marathon
Hi Folks, The first three chapters are typically part of the query letter package for an agent. Concerned that I was getting off-target with the revisions, I threw together the revisions and got some feedback. When I did, I discovered two things: 1) I have created a big. damn. world. 2) My story lost its [...]
What’s in a Memory?
If you’ve read part of the first draft for ARGENTUM, you know that the book is structured in a chapter and chapter break format. In between the main storyline, you’ll read one of Serafina’s memories. As part of my revisions, I’m incorporating the memories a little bit more into the story when it’s appropriate. Not [...]
Why I Wrote Chapter Breaks
The format for this book features a singular, present tense point-of-view for the main chapters and has past tense, mixed point-of-views for the chapter breaks. Already, I have received some feedback that the chapter breaks are more interesting in the early part of the book than the full-length chapter. The reason why I decided to [...]
