[stylist] Catching up...

[Tamara Smith-Kinney]

Kerry,

Thanks for clearing that up.  I've been in inner rebellion against that rule
since I first learned of it way back when, but I think I see the publishers'
point of view on it.  From what I can see, I'm still a long way from needing
to worry about it for long fiction, at least with fantasy.  My roommate and
I are thinking of writing a lighter work that could be finished more
quickly, but we haven't gotten gung ho.

Okay, back to reality.  /smile/  I'm starting to get my current plans to use
my writing into some sort of order, so I will have lots of questions in the
near future.  /smile/

Tami Smith-Kinney

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Subject: [stylist] Catching up...

Hello friends.

Tami,

you may only send multiple or simultaneous submissions to markets that
specifically say in their guidelines that doing so is acceptable. Not many
markets allow this. I don't know about dire consequences, but following
writers guidelines is courteous and professional. Use the wait times to work
on other projects.

JC,

Chapter breaks seem to me to be a largely individual thing. yes, often a new
chapter indicates a change of some kind; a new viewpoint character, a new
timeframe, a new physical locale. Sometimes, though, chapter divisions occur
for suttler reasons. For instance, a chapter break may emphasize a point or
a minor cliffhanger. Or, it may simply be convenient for the author and the
reader to have somewhat smaller chunks of material to deal with.

In a project of my own, for instance, a certain chapter break transitions
from the present of the story to a flashback. But, within this particular
flashback section there are three chapters. No particular reason for three
rather than four or two, I suppose, other than that each chapter contains or
circumscribes a particular action or related set of actions.

While there are sometimes section breaks in short stories, usually chapter
breaks occur only in longer form works, such as novellas and novels. Breaks
in a short work are usually too fussy and distracting.

As to editing while composing: I sometimes proofread and edit while
composing, which can get to be kind of annoying. Sometimes I get so caught
up in geting this sentence just right that I forget what the next sentence
was going to be. More often though I do what many others here have
mentioned, that is write till the steem runs down and then tidy up while
waiting for it to build up again.

Ahem. If you all would care to indulge me in a little shameless
selfpromotion... Pleas visit my poetry spot (http://ketpoetry.blogspot.com)
and fiction spot (http://ketfiction.blogspot.com). At the latter there is
one story, "The Lady of the Stars," which is not quite finished, but has an
anomaly which I have yet to find a satisfactory solution for. Still,
overall, the tale is in pretty good shape. At the bottome of the righthand
sidebar of both blog sites you'll find links to my larger works in progress,
"A Very Dragon Christmas" and "Bronte Sinclair's Island (working title. I do
need to find a better title). All of these blog sites allow commenting. So,
please feel free, if you visit, to comment.

One more thing: Helene, your story, novel that is, sounds fascinating! When
you have some chapters roughed out, I'd love to see them, either online or
via e-mail.

Solidarity and Peace,
Kerry

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