Book Setup for the Onyx Proposal

100,000 words.

2500 words per scene.

2 scenes per chapter.

40 scenes.

20 chapters.

That should work.

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By Holly

Novelist, writing teacher, on a mission to reprint my out-of-print books and indie-publish my new ones.

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ammit
ammit
17 years ago

This is one of Holly’s workshops about working out scenes.

shay
17 years ago

so any tips on how the forumla for working stuff like this out?

Monica
17 years ago

Actually, when I do this, I do best. I’m an organic writer, but breaking my stuff down works well for me.

shay
17 years ago

how do you work out maths stuff like what you’ve done in this post? i try to do it for my work but it never seems to work for me…

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