Be very careful about run-on sentences.
Trust me, I know it can be hard. I get caught up in writing, and my sentences REALLY need to be reworked afterwards.
It requires a bit more attention, but the payoff is totally worth it.
For example, read these two little blurbs and let me know what you think;
1) An hour later we had come to a simple decision, tomorrow after the boys were done in the studio, we would see if Louis or Niall or one of the other boys could watch Isobele for a few hours and we could start "apartment hunting:.
2) An hour later, we had come to a simple decision.
Tomorrow, after the boys were done in the studio, we would see if Louis or Niall or one of the other boys or one of the other boys could watch Isobele for a few hours, and we could start "apartment hunting".
Blurb #1 is how 90% of my writing looks before I go through and edit. When I'm trying to get an idea down, I don't have time to worry about sentence structure. But once you're FINISHED writing the chapter, it's probably best to go through and make it look more like blurb #2. It's polished, and easier to follow.
Read the chapter out loud to yourself, and if you sound like you're babbling or you're taking a LOT of breaths in one sentence, then I would recommend going through and breaking your sentences up into a greater amount. (:
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