Novel Writing

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1. by jellybean12345, on January 14 2009 @ 1:39 am

   

   doesnt matter with chapters. It can be however many you want. novels usually run close to 300 pages.
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2. by rick j, on January 14 2009 @ 1:57 am

   

   12
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3. by Marci MarskeyBusiness, on January 14 2009 @ 2:03 am

   

   24????
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4. by LJ K, on January 14 2009 @ 2:10 am

   

   There is no magic number publishers look for, though for a first-time author they do look for 'stand-alone' books rather than a series.

   Publishers look for magic words, so to speak, not the number of anything.
   'The writing's the thing,' to paraphrase Shakespeare.
   [He wrote: 'The play's the thing.' In Hamlet, I think.]
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5. by lll, on January 14 2009 @ 2:19 am

   

   i doubt there is a "magic" number. although novels typically are 200+ pages. Some children novels are shorter or have some illustration / bigger texts.
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6. by Lee S, on January 14 2009 @ 2:50 am

   

   around 30ish if it's just numbered
   but with titled chapters just make a new chapter when something of significance happens
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7. by RunningBear, on January 14 2009 @ 3:09 am

   

   All books are different. Some have up to fifty, some don't have chapters at all. Do whatever's right for your story.

   Most importantly, get the length right. An adult novel should be 80,000 to 120,000 words. The word count and (above all) the quality of the storytelling are far more important than how you break it into chapters.

   Good luck!
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8. by kool kat, on May 3 2009 @ 5:24 pm

   

   well, the number of chapters depends on the person writing them. i suggest that you just write your novel all the way through, not worrying about chapters, and when you are finally through, go back and re-read. decide once you are finished where you would like to divide your book into chapters. thats what i did, and it worked out great! just keep writing, i know you’ll succeed!

9. by vaman, on July 1 2009 @ 5:32 pm

   

   There is no hard and fast rules to fix the chapters for a novel. It all depends on the nature of the subject you have selected for the novel. Reader will not like to read more number of chapters. Less chapters and more stuff must be criteria for a writer.

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