At long last I’ve been writing again. Mostly I’m polishing the whodunnit. I’ve taken James Patterson’s advice to use short chapters because he certainly knows how to write a page-turner. At first I thought the main thing would be having the extra white space, but when I came to split up my 5,000 word chapters, I realised that I still need an end-of-chapter hook every time. Short chapters means challenging myself to produce a good hook every 1,000 words or so. It’s not easy, but I can see how it makes for a better novel. Yay! I learned something.
In other news, I took a break from long fiction and wrote a 75 word story for a mini contest at On The Premises. My crit buddies really liked it, and I’m hoping the judges will too. Luckily they tend to announce the mini-contest winners in about 10 days, so I don’t have too long to wait and see.
