35. What is a chapter?

Do you keep toying with an idea for a novel, but you’re not even sure what constitutes a chapter?

In today’s episode, you’ll learn not only why we use chapters but also what to include in them, their average length, and different ways to end chapters.

So tune in to find out how to identify the purpose or goal of your chapter and thus what to write next. Want even more help with finishing the first draft, check out episode 22 also.

Topics discussed in this episode
  • Defining chapter
  • Including internal and external conflict
  • The average length
  • Different ways to end chapters
  • Identifying your chapter’s purpose or goal
  • A challenge for your chapters
  • Know at least this when starting a new chapter
About Erin

For 15 years, Erin has worked as a magazine and book editor, encouraging each writer’s individual voice and strengthening their writing goals. When she became a parent, she set aside her own writing aspirations to focus on her family. As the years passed, she grew increasingly anxious, depressed, and angry until she realized that she had forgotten who she was beyond being a parent.

Despite fearing her skills had atrophied, Erin started writing again. She first created her blog, Life Beyond Parenting, and then created the Parents Who Write podcast. Erin’s current role as a podcaster and writing coach enables her to help parents pursue their writing dreams.

She earned her MA in Writing from Johns Hopkins University, and she has finished the first draft of a fantasy-romance novel. She lives with her husband and their two young boys in Maryland.

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Let’s connect via my Facebook group, Parents Who Write, at https://www.facebook.com/groups/parentswhowrite.

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