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Sandscript on Sentences
What is the hardest sentence to write? The last sentence of a novel, especially if it is the last sentence of a trilogy.
The end of the year seemed like a good time to finish my latest novel and the last few weeks have been full of surprises for me and my characters.
Sixty chapters and 189,000 words, all printed out on paper, that is how I like to edit. As a Kindle reader myself I am coming more and more to think that shorter chapters are best in e-book format. With a paper book you can flick through to see if it's worth starting another chapter before you go to sleep, get off the bus or finish your lunch break. On your Kindle a chapter that ends with a cliff hanger or a question makes a good point to switch off and look forward to switching on.
The three books cover just over three years, three Christmases are celebrated, three very different characters narrate.
I have written the last sentence, but may change it or remove it. I don't have to decide for sure until it's time to press the 'Publish' button on Amazon KSP.
Look out for previews of 'Lives of Anna Alsop', the final novel in the Brief Encounters Trilogy' in future blogs and follow progress at my Facebook Author Page and see a preview of the cover.
https://www.facebook.com/Beachwriter?...
The end of the year seemed like a good time to finish my latest novel and the last few weeks have been full of surprises for me and my characters.
Sixty chapters and 189,000 words, all printed out on paper, that is how I like to edit. As a Kindle reader myself I am coming more and more to think that shorter chapters are best in e-book format. With a paper book you can flick through to see if it's worth starting another chapter before you go to sleep, get off the bus or finish your lunch break. On your Kindle a chapter that ends with a cliff hanger or a question makes a good point to switch off and look forward to switching on.
The three books cover just over three years, three Christmases are celebrated, three very different characters narrate.
I have written the last sentence, but may change it or remove it. I don't have to decide for sure until it's time to press the 'Publish' button on Amazon KSP.
Look out for previews of 'Lives of Anna Alsop', the final novel in the Brief Encounters Trilogy' in future blogs and follow progress at my Facebook Author Page and see a preview of the cover.
https://www.facebook.com/Beachwriter?...
Sandscript
I like to write first drafts with pen and paper; at home, in busy cafes, in the garden, at our beach hut... even sitting in a sea front car park waiting for the rain to stop I get my note book out. We
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