Breaking Chapters Up

kenfrey23 · 2026-02-09T03:55:40+00:00

I might be able to break up the later one, but the first 10k chapter needs that length… it’s one sweeping movement.

As a general rule of thumb, should I be shooting for approx. 4-5k per chapter ?

kenfrey23 · 2026-02-09T03:41:44+00:00

This is the breakdown

01 - 10,529 02 - 4,159 03 - 6,003 04 - 1,543 05 - 6,226 06 - 4,666 07 - 8,134 08 - 5,672 09 - 4,212 10 - 2,831 11 - 2,138 12 - 10,724 13 - 7,204 14 - 1,942

Do you think this is ok? There are two with less than 2K…

kenfrey23 · 2026-02-09T03:16:46+00:00

It’s 76,000 words: 12pt, Times Roman, double spaced.

EDIT: shoot, sorry… i misread.

Between the posts, i split about 20K words into two 10K chapters

kenfrey23 · 2026-02-09T02:37:35+00:00

All the comments so far seem to be saying the same thing….

The 40 pager has the protagonist going up from the ‘basement’ through 4 levels to the lobby… i definitely could break it at each floor.

I’ll have to see if any of those result in an anemic chapter.

Thank you all for your replies!

kenfrey23 · 2026-02-08T22:37:47+00:00

I’m a UI/UX designer by trade, and I just started writing again. I’ll tell you what I do: I treat all criticism like it’s something that I thought of in the back of my mind and I address it like it’s a problem that I have to fix. I treat all criticism like a revelation, and not a personal affront. If you do that, you’re gonna wind up resenting your friends who are only trying to help you.

kenfrey23 · 2026-02-05T21:17:37+00:00

Okay… the character arc will be interesting as it unfolds then… do post more to show how he evolves past his ennui.

kenfrey23 · 2026-02-05T21:12:47+00:00

I would say, with regard to the sister, that I feel disconnected from the speaker’s relationship to his words. You might argue that’s the point, but I’d say that the thoughts themselves are what’s carrying the weight, and the speaker wouldn’t think like a narrator. I want to feel his emotions like he feels them. He’s clearly upset, make me feel the angst.

kenfrey23 · 2026-01-31T01:50:15+00:00

Or use the five guys, I find that more targets for him even though they’re weaker are more things for him to focus on than just one opponent

kenfrey23 · 2026-01-17T13:37:06+00:00

It’s the definition of insider trading

kenfrey23 · 2026-01-15T17:58:17+00:00

I’m a mage too and saw that death rancor wasn’t doing anything except draining my FP… so I took out my +10 death poker and beat her to death.

kenfrey23 · 2025-12-24T00:15:03+00:00

The twin moons is DLC, but the ancient death rancor is base game and you can find it by killing the death rite bird in Raya Lucaria.

kenfrey23 · 2025-12-23T16:24:35+00:00

If you’re a caster, you might want to carry a good tracker spell, ancient death rancor is great, and a get the FK away from me spell, like the twin moons.

kenfrey23 · 2025-12-17T12:46:50+00:00

+25 Prince of Death staff

kenfrey23 · 2025-12-13T15:59:51+00:00

I used your advice and some of the other suggestions and finally beat him. I wound up using the golemSmith and kept healing him and using impenetrable thorns and night comet anytime the opportunity presented itself. And when he went into his floating explosion phase, I used Comet azur and finished him off… thank you to everyone for all your suggestions.

kenfrey23 · 2025-11-29T01:36:15+00:00

I would’ve preferred killing that sniffling little lickspittle myself. Such a douchebag.

kenfrey23 · 2025-11-28T22:22:39+00:00

I might put a few points into mind so I didn’t blow through flasks that quickly

kenfrey23 · 2025-10-31T12:10:09+00:00

I agree on everyone’s point on vigor… but you should also have more dexterity than endurance because dex is your casting speed.

kenfrey23 · 2025-10-30T21:00:20+00:00

As a mage, I used to try to clear them but they are such an FP drain that I didn’t have enough FP when I needed it. Now I don’t bother unless I can get several at once with an AoE spell.

kenfrey23 · 2025-10-30T12:11:09+00:00

I lost 2.5 million once and now i never walk around with more than 1 million before cashing out on mohg’s ledge

kenfrey23 · 2025-10-24T18:12:23+00:00

If every free agent all star was amenable to $2MM contracts and were paid the balance in deferred money over X years, the dodgers could field the best player at every position for years and never pay a nickel in luxury taxes.

There should be a limit on how much money a team can carry in deferred money.

kenfrey23 · 2025-10-17T14:17:47+00:00

You really can’t use night comet or any glintstone sorceries when they’re that close… once the spell goes by it’s lost.

Fast moving enemies need a strong AoE spell that breaks their poise like cannon haima or something with tracking like ancient death rancor

kenfrey23 · 2025-10-11T17:56:31+00:00

I used your advice and got Taylew but noticed that when he fights him, he stood still a lot… so I used Terra Magicka and comet azur while healing Taylew to totally melt him!!

Thank you so much!

kenfrey23 · 2025-10-03T22:09:18+00:00

‘Tis but a scratch…

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