fatmasc:

This website is full of free sewing patterns that will automatically alter to ur measurements

https://freesewing.org

artthatgivesmefeelings:
“Daniel Maclise, (Irish, 1806 - 1870)
A Student, 19th century
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artthatgivesmefeelings:

Daniel Maclise, (Irish, 1806 - 1870)
A Student, 19th century

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dailykino:

СНЕГУРОЧКА | THE SNOW MAIDEN (1952)
dir. Ivan Ivanov-Vano & Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya

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Tips for Starting and Stopping Chapters, Plus FAQs

Even if you have the most exciting, engaging ideas for your novel, you might struggle to write it because you have to deal with chapters. These are a few of the most frequently asked questions about chapters and a few tips that might help you overcome manuscript challenges.

How Many Chapters Should a Book Have?

Unfortunately, there’s no straightforward answer to this question. Genres and intended audiences influence manuscript word counts. Younger readers will need shorter chapters to keep their interest and older readers might prefer longer chapters that dive deep into conflict or theme.

Storytelling elements also change the number of chapters per book. A fast-paced novel might have more short chapters to keep up the faster narrative pace. A slower novel might linger in wordier scenes, so there could be fewer chapters with longer page counts per chapter.

You can always look at comparable novels in the same genre to guestimate how many your manuscript could include. If you’re writing a Twilight-inspired novel in the same fantasy genre and Twilight has 26 chapters in a ~110,000 word count range, you could aim for a similar number.

What’s the Purpose of Chapters?

Chapters divide longer stories into segments that help readers process new plot events. They give people breathing room to digest heavier topics or moments by pausing or putting the book down to do other things for a while.

They also give more weight to cliffhanger moments or events made to shock readers. Even if they immediately flip the page to keep reading, the momentary pause lends gravity and meaning to whatever ends the chapter before. 

Tips for First Chapters

Include Some Action

The first line of every chapter doesn’t need to be a dramatic car chase scene, but the chapter in its entirety should include some plot-moving action. It hooks readers and gets your pacing started.

Add Emotional Weight

Action can only intrigue readers so much. What’s the emotional weight compelling your protagonist to take part in, react to, or fight back against your inciting incident? Establish some emotional weight in the first chapter to motivate your protagonist, like showing how much they love their sister before getting betrayed by her in the inciting incident.

Avoid Infodumping

Readers don’t need to know everything about your world-building or protagonist in the first chapter. The infodumping only weighs down your pace. Sprinkle your descriptions and reveals throughout the first act of your book to keep readers coming back to learn more about the world.

Tips for Starting a Chapter

Introduce a Choice

Choices help stories move along at a pace that keeps readers engaged. If your protagonist is stuck in their head for most of a chapter, there’s nothing pushing your story forward. Always include at least one choice when starting a chapter, whether it’s big or small.

Keep Expanding Your Conflict

Every chapter should expand your primary conflict in some way. It might affect newly introduced characters, change your protagonist’s world, or require a sacrifice. As long as your conflict is relevant to your chapter in some way, your story will always remain true to its thematic purpose.

Remember Your Cause-and-Effect

An initial chapter sets up or introduces a conflict that gets your plot moving. If you’re unsure what to do in the following chapter, use it to address the effects of that previous chapter’s conflict. Although the conflict likely won’t get resolved that quickly, you can still write about your characters’ choices post-conflict or how the world changes in a way that affects their futures.

Tips for Ending a Chapter

Experiment With Your Endings

I used to be afraid of ending a chapter without some shocking, groundbreaking plot twist. Althought that’s a great place to put those moments, it’s not plausible to end every chapter with one. Where would your readers feel comfortable pausing for the night? When would they feel the quiet sanctity of peaceful moments where characters build trust between themselves?

Play around with your endings by refusing to be afraid to cut your manuscript into segments. If one doesn’t feel right during your read-through, you can always merge it into the next chapter and cut them differently during editing.

Use It to Shift Your Story

When your story needs to change times of day, locations, or perspectives, that’s usually a good sign that you need a page or chapter break. It’s not always necessary, but these are the types of chapter breaks that give readers breathing room.

Again, you can always re-work your chapters during editing if you find that they aren’t ending in the right places during your first few read-throughs.

Ramp Up Your Tension

Who says chapters always have to end on a cliffhanger? You can also end them when the action or tension is becoming more intense. When two characters are in the car on the way to rob a bank, they argue over whether or not to actually shoot people. One character’s eagerness and the other’s disgust raises the tension. As it escalates into them yelling in the parking lot, the chapter can end when one leaves the car and slams the door.

Ending on a moment of heightened tension is another reason readers turn pages and stay engaged. In the above case, they might not be able to put the book down until they find out if the robbery resulted in murder.

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Starting and stopping chapters can cause plenty of anxiety, but remember—you’re always in control of your manuscript. Play around with these ideas and make any necessary changes in your editing phases. You’ll figure out the best way to organize your story by chapters and develop more confidence in your long-form storytelling abilities.

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magicalandsomeweirdhometours:
“I have to say that I thought the Gaming Bed would be a lot more than starting at under $600. Bauhutte, a Japanese gaming furniture company, promotes the bed to gamers who don’t want to have to get up from their beds to...

magicalandsomeweirdhometours:

I have to say that I thought the Gaming Bed would be a lot more than starting at under $600. Bauhutte, a Japanese gaming furniture company, promotes the bed to gamers who don’t want to have to get up from their beds to get to their gaming desks.

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Instead, they can stay in Bauhutte’s gaming bed, which comes with headphone hangers, cup holders and a desk for gaming screens. I would say that this is the basic model.

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Bauhutte is offering the ultimate gaming bed packed with snacks, drink holders, speakers, desk space for multiple screens and even a cozy blanket. This model can run over $1,100.

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The gaming bed means gamers can play non-stop without having to leave for pesky interruptions like eating or sleeping - only the call of nature might lure them away as the bed does not currently feature a bathroom.

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A metallic arm attached to the bed can mount a tablet screen above a person’s face so they never have to actually get up. The price includes a cozy $40 bed blanket. The blanket, in reality is a hooded, full-body suit.

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The “ultimate bed” caters to more serious gamers, with the addition of a ‘gaming wagon’ that can hold a ‘large amount of sweets and drinks.’

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Or, you can opt for the reclining chair model.

https://www.bauhutte-g.com/

thepinkofgoth:

“Nobody wants to work” yet im over here filling out 3945867483293064359469 applications on 500 different job hunting sites, each application demanding i take a 30 minute-test to PROVE that me and my paltry resume are worth a multi-million company giving me 16 whole dollars an hour. Nobody wants to work yet 97 of the 100 applications you fill out just ghost you (because when a Boss does it, that’s just how it is. But if you ghost? Unprofessional.) or give you some pointless runaround for 3 weeks until telling you you’re not a good fit because you only have 3 years of dick-sucking experience and they want 5. Nobody wants to work? Nobody wants to invest in employees. Nobody wants to hire, nobody wants to train, nobody wants to teach anyone new skills. Nobody wants to accept that YES, some people DO work to collect a paycheck and thats FINE, not all of us are born with a passion to be a Starbucks Manager. We’re all passionate about living and supporting ourselves and I wish bosses would stop being so lazy and rude and give my friends jobs for $20000 an hour

rariatoo:

PPG art collection

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doomhope:
“res–publica:
““ The meanings behind the colors.
Gay pride flag - Gilbert Baker (1978)
” ”
[ID: The eight-color gay pride flag, where each color stripe is replaced by word that the color represent, repeated to fill the space. The words and...

doomhope:

res–publica:

The meanings behind the colors.

Gay pride flag - Gilbert Baker (1978)

[ID: The eight-color gay pride flag, where each color stripe is replaced by word that the color represent, repeated to fill the space. The words and colors are, in order from top to bottom: Sex (pink), Life (red), Healing (orange), Sunlight (yellow), Nature (green), Magic (blue), Serenity (indigo), and Spirit (purple). /End ID]

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matsuchiyo:

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ドラゴンクエスト36周年おめでとうございます!!

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