To minimize the amount of work you need to do, keep chapters short.
I kept moving chapters around and I had great help from Anthony Miller, Allen Peacock, and my editors at Other Press: Anjali Singh and most of all, my main editor, Terrie Akers.
At their summit later this month, the EU's leaders will rule on the plan to suspend talks on eight chapters and, unusually, to keep other chapters open until Turkey allows access from Cyprus.
Her findings aren't pretty, but Hof kept the chapter in the book, which went on sale yesterday.
The full details of Bond's martini were kept until chapter seven of the book and Bond eventually named it "The Vesper", after Lynd.
The full details of Bond's martini were kept until chapter seven of the book and Bond eventually named it "The Vesper", after Vesper Lynd.
Was it wrong of me to give them a deviled egg recipe that Caroline's mother, Elaine, kept secret (Chapter 13)?
Also, If you're writing for readers aged 7-11, whish is the age group A Hen in the Wardrobe is written for, then keep your chapters short, and end each chapter with something punchy, or dramatic, or funny, that will make the reader want to read the next chapter.
He keeps his chapters quick and neat.
And, to use the book metaphor again, how on earth are we to keep the chapters of our lives in order - to stop those bits that belong properly in the beginning from spilling over and wrecking our story?
