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I'm sure there are scary stuff that happened to me, but on the top of my head right now I only remember the scary ones that were told to...

If one of your goals for the first chapter is to establish character... I'm afraid nothing much happened. Sure he's observant about his...

If I like the story enough, it will not deter me... to a degree, though.

I don't listen to music while writing, well i can't focus while listening to music ?

Music distracts me while writing, unfortunately. I can have ambient music play for a little while but about 5-10 minutes, it'll...

Thanks, Jalvin, for your comment. It really adds to the poll.

I don't have much say since I'm new here myself, but thank you for asking this question because I have the same thought and wonder what...

So reposting everything can get really messy and might even make some readers drop off... at least I'm interpreting reposting as...

I'll generally plan out three or four different endings well in advance, before I even start writing the first couple of chapters...

Author Type as Ending Maker Plan an unexpected ending from the beginning, providing neat foreshadowing in the chapters and executing it...

Since I'm writing a contemporary fantasy romance, I'm gonna have to default to an ending with HEA (happily ever after) lest the audience...

I feel like the story will tell you how long the chapters need to be. Some may be shorter, to create tension, some longer to involve the...

You're forgetting one fundamental thing... the most members of the forum are authors, not just casual readers. So if you're looking for...

To me, none of this, none of it matters. If I like a book, I like a book, word counts per chapter is meaningless.

A chapter should be as long - or short - as it needs to be to advance the plot (if there is one) or provide a proper snapshot of a...