theidiotmachine

Hey: question for everyone. I'm editing my novel which I'm going to be self-publishing later this year. I think I'll put it up here before it goes out, and you can read it for free in return for telling me where the bugs are.
          	
          	It's written as a classic print 3k words per chapter. I write everything like that, and then I break up the chapters into sections, and post each section as a WP chapter, so they tend to be 500 - 2k words. 
          	
          	Should I be doing that for this, do you think? I notice that the platform doesn't like long chapters -- its lazy scrolling fails badly -- which is why I do it, but against that it makes everything feel quite abbreviated and childish.
          	
          	I'm in two minds, hence the ask. Let me know what you think!

theidiotmachine

@Nyhterides thank you. Yes, I had that impression, too. Hahaha my muse is a constant source of pain around my neck too...
          	  
          	  That makes sense, thank you. Hmm, I may well break them up...
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theidiotmachine

@wdhenning yes, I remember the algorithm advice. I don't rely on that for people to find me, so I'm not so worried about that. 
          	  
          	  That make sense, thank you, that's good that you don't have trouble. I wonder if it's my phone... 
          	  
          	  I don't think there are rules around formal publishing as such, I think it's just pretty common to have 3k word chapters; and I had that hammered into me when I was on Scribd and these days my brain is wired that way.
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Nyhterides

@theidiotmachine I've seen chapters here that have gone up to 2500 words. I think it's rare someone puts 3k +. 
          	  I post between 500-1500 because that's how long my chapters tend to be (I may go up to 2k, anything longer and my Muse tries to strangle me). 
          	  From advice in the past, 1500 words per chapter is considered nice, safe, and easy to read.
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theidiotmachine

Hey: question for everyone. I'm editing my novel which I'm going to be self-publishing later this year. I think I'll put it up here before it goes out, and you can read it for free in return for telling me where the bugs are.
          
          It's written as a classic print 3k words per chapter. I write everything like that, and then I break up the chapters into sections, and post each section as a WP chapter, so they tend to be 500 - 2k words. 
          
          Should I be doing that for this, do you think? I notice that the platform doesn't like long chapters -- its lazy scrolling fails badly -- which is why I do it, but against that it makes everything feel quite abbreviated and childish.
          
          I'm in two minds, hence the ask. Let me know what you think!

theidiotmachine

@Nyhterides thank you. Yes, I had that impression, too. Hahaha my muse is a constant source of pain around my neck too...
            
            That makes sense, thank you. Hmm, I may well break them up...
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theidiotmachine

@wdhenning yes, I remember the algorithm advice. I don't rely on that for people to find me, so I'm not so worried about that. 
            
            That make sense, thank you, that's good that you don't have trouble. I wonder if it's my phone... 
            
            I don't think there are rules around formal publishing as such, I think it's just pretty common to have 3k word chapters; and I had that hammered into me when I was on Scribd and these days my brain is wired that way.
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Nyhterides

@theidiotmachine I've seen chapters here that have gone up to 2500 words. I think it's rare someone puts 3k +. 
            I post between 500-1500 because that's how long my chapters tend to be (I may go up to 2k, anything longer and my Muse tries to strangle me). 
            From advice in the past, 1500 words per chapter is considered nice, safe, and easy to read.
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theidiotmachine

I've been quiet, but I guess two things are worth talking about. 
          
          Firstly, I made it into round three of ONC, so that's nice. Well done to everyone else who did, too!
          
          Secondly I finished writing the dang thing, and I'm really happy with it. As you all know, uploading is a painful process because you have to keep track of all of the chapter word counts, so I'm not doing that today; but I'll try to over the next few days. I edited a lot of the old stuff too. So I guess long story short -- I'm going to drop the whole thing soon, so if you are interested in reading it, wait for a few more days!
          
          Thanks so much for the votes and kind words. I need to get my backside in gear and start going through them, now I'm coming out of writing hibernation.
          
          And good luck everyone in ONC!

theidiotmachine

What's got 509 eyes, 138 stars, 20 parts, and one end? No it's not something from a nightmare, it's my guide. I finished it!
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/340184693-an-idiot%27s-guide-to-line-editing
          
          Thanks for all the comments (I'm still catching up, I've had some internet problems). I feel like I really got to know you and your writing opinions!
          
          As I have said, I have PLANS. I'm going to edit it now (taking into account some of your feedback) then I'm going to show it to my editor and get it edited and... then who knows? I will tell you when I find out!
          
          Have a lovely rest-of-week, and thanks so much for the fun!