Thinking Chapters

Chapters are strange things. They certainly do perform a technical function for the reader - having somewhere to stop reading and put a book down for the night is useful, and they similarly allow for the creation of a coherent place to restart the reading process the following day. Without them, it would be difficult to know when best to stop reading, and where best to start again. For the writer, too, they are of use - they give shape to a narrative, the sort of shape which rises and falls,...