I have decided to include three topics in this chapter, updates, books and chapter.
Also, those of you that have read my last chapter, I have figured out the problem
to the spaces in between the lines. The rest of my stories will be correctly formatted.
I have already formatted my other stories, just chapters 1,2, and 3 will be incorrectly
formatted. Thanks.
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UPDATES
You are probably asking when to update your stories. I will give you a tip. DO NOT. I
REPEAT, DO NOT UPDATE MORE THEN ONE CHAPTER(IN ONE BOOK) AT A TIME. IT
IS THE WORST THING YOU CAN DO. Why? If you update 1 chapter every 24 hours, the
readers will have 24 hours to hopefully see that you have updated. Then, they will read
the chapter, and hopefully vote and/or comment on them. You might also leave them in
suspense for the next chapter. A cliff-hanger is a great way to end the chapter. If you
update 3 chapters at the same time, the reader will be overwhelmed by all the
updates. There is a 95% chance that you're book is not the only one they have in their
library. If it is, either they are new, or they really like you're books. If that's the case,
good job. I used to update every time I made the chapter, but now I update one chapter
per book every 24 hours, until July 20th, usually somewhere at like 1-3pm GMT -6 time.
After July 20th, 9-9:30pm GMT 3 time. Thats all I have for updates, for now.
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CHAPTERS
Chapters. Never know when to stop, when to start. This part will explain how long
a average chapter might be, how to start one, and more that I'll think of along the way.
A usual chapter might be about 800 words long. At 500 words, people usually start
to think of how to end the chapter, and at 800, end it. Most chapters will end in a cliff
hanger, like I've mentioned before. 800 pages might be about 4 and a half Wattpad
pages. Some people won't get to 800, I certainly won't. I usually end around 200, so like
one page. I know, my chapters are short. I'm still new to writing, and typing this much
on my small tablet hurts my hands. Some people who love to write will get like 7-10
pages per chapter. If that's you, good for you. Just don't make sure the chapter's aren't
boring, the last thing anyone wants is 10 pages of boredom. On Wattpad, the number
of words you type are in the bottom right hand corner. Check every few sentences to see
how much you wrote for that chapter. Now, for how to start a chapter. Remember
I am not telling you do do anything in the book, it is you're book. You may do as you
please. I am only giving hints on how to write a good book. Please, never start a chapter
like: My name is ... and I am crushing over ... I want to date and marry him/her. NEVER DO
something like that, unless you are writing a diary story. Again, this is you're story,
so it's you're decision, I'm just trying to help out. Start out chapters with something
mysterious, and this is a really crappy example, but something like I never knew
people could do such horrific things. For how to make a chapter name, be simple, but
creative. Something like The Revenge or something like that. (Yeah, that is a chapter from
my book). Don't do something like My crush asked me out for the dance. Good job. You
just gave away the whole chapter. Now I don't have to read it. Thanks.
Now, the next chapter is stuff about the actual book.
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THE BOOK
This chapter is stuff about the actual book, like the name, and cover. Actually, that's
all this is about. Anyways, the name. It's pretty much the same rule for chapter names
as well. Be creative, but simple. Don't do a title like I got engaged and we want a baby.
Again, you just gave away the whole book. Now I know a whole book by just a few
words. Saves me time to read another book. Do something like Our wish, or something
like The Baby. The last rule for titles is: DON'T STEAL OTHER PEOPLE'S TITLE. THERE
IS A REASON WE HAVE COPYRIGHTING. Too many people steal people's titles. My
friend's title idea was stolen, and we went and took action against it. The theif admitted
it and got a severe penalty. If you can't think of a title, look up: Good titles for
... stories. Believe me, it helps. Now, for the cover. People use different things. I don't
know what people use on computer's, but on my tablet I use Text Cutie (tm). I get the
picture from the internet, then put it on Text Cutie and then put my title and name on
the picture. It takes me less than 5 minutes for a cover. Then, I put it in my gallery,
and come back on here and get it on my story. Done. I suggest you use Text Cutie, it's free
on the appstore. Now, for fonts and colors. Which one you use depends on you're story.
I wouldn't use black, or gray or some dark color for a happy romance story. I would
use a bright color, like light blue, pink, or red. The same for the fonts. You wouldn't
use a dark, big, heavy font for a happy romance story. You would use some type of
fancy, curseve font. Also, use a font that's easy to read. If you put a illegible font on,
it will be hard to read it. All right, thats it for this part.
Whew, that was hard. 1000 words. Jesus. I mentioned earlier that I have usually
write only like 150 words per chapter. Now I wrote 1000 words. It got to one
thousand! ONE THOUSAND! I now have a new record!
I'm out of ideas for what to write in this book, so tell me in the comments what to
write about. I think I'll review accounts after this chapter. Alright, see you guys.
-Anton
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