Dividing a story into parts/chapters

[curious_guy (imported)]

I am almost finished writing a new story. It is over 120,000 bytes and over 23,000 words long.

Should I divide it into parts before I post it on the archive? Should I divide it into chapters and post it as one part or should I post it as it is? (It is divided into paragraphs.)

[plix (imported)]

It would probably be a good idea to divide it into parts. Just to make it a little easier on your readers

[curious_guy (imported)]

It would probably be a good idea to divide it into parts. Just to make it a little easier on your readers

What size do you suggest for each part?

[Paolo]

When doing something long, I usually aim for about 8-10k words per chapter. Plix may differ, though. Obviously, short chapters are NOT going to be a problem for you!

[curious_guy (imported)]

When doing something long, I usually aim for about 8-10k words per chapter. Plix may differ, though. Obviously, short chapters are NOT going to be a problem for you!

8-10k words per chapter seems a little long to me. Did you really mean to write 8-10k BYTES per chapter.

[kristoff]

8-10k words per chapter seems a little long to me. Did you really mean to write 8-10k BYTES per chapter.

Hardly. 8 to 10K Bytes would be about, what, 16 words? P writes chapters a bit longer than some, the same as others. I generally shoot for about 5-6 pages on the rare occasion that I write such things.

[Paolo]

Well, yeah, but I was talking novel form, too.

Sorry.

I was half asleep when I read that.

[curious_guy (imported)]

Hardly. 8 to 10K Bytes would be about, what, 16 words? P writes chapters a bit longer than some, the same as others. I generally shoot for about 5-6 pages on the rare occasion that I write such things.

You missed the K Which means Kilobytes. (A kilobytes is either 1,024 or 1,000 bytes.) Ten kilobytes would be about 2,000 words. The first 10,000 bytes of my story is 1,900 words.

[Kangan (imported)]

I'm not sure how this translates to computer bytes (or Kbytes), but most chapters should be about 10 to 20 pages long and contain a complete thought or action. A page would normally be about 80 lines of 64 characters and spaces.

[plix (imported)]

I'd go with the suggestions mentioned above. They should definitely work.