Writing Tip of the Day-Manuscript Formatting

Traditional story form in commercial fiction follows a norm of two or three scenes per chapter, each being 7 – 10 pages long. This creates an average of 14 - 20 pages per chapter, and 20 – 25 chapters per book.

Writing Tip of the Day-Dialogue

Dialogue in action scenes should be short and punchy with few tag lines. Incomplete sentences also give the impression of movement and drama.