I don't think anyone's arguing against chapters, Capn. Unless I've missed a
post somewhere. I love them, personally. The more the merrier. Postcard
style.
Al
----- Original Message -----
From: <capnbob@nventure.com>
To: <rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 8:23 PM
Subject: RARA-AVIS: Chapters
> I'm a big advocate of chapters. Ever try to read Moll Flanders? One long
> slog, IMO. Chapters leave handy places to stop reading, break up the
> narrative into cohesive sections, and help create reference points as one
> Avian pointed out. I've read books with 12 chapters and equally-long books
> with 50 chapters. I've read chapters of 50 words or less, and some that
> were as sprawling as Texas. Each worked for me in the context of the
> novel. If someone wants to get cute and literary and eschew chapters (as
> well as punctuation, capitals, paragraphs, etc.), be my guest. I won't
> read it.
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