darthwader

When I first started writing my current story, I was using the classic format of doing everything in chapters, but recently I became aware of the fact that you can eliminate the use of chapters, and replace them with individually titled scenes.

I reformatted my story, using the novel Jurassic Park as a loose base, and found that scenes worked much better for me.

I was just wondering if anyone else has used scenes over chapters, and if there are any disadvantages to this style that may be a hindrance to getting my book published.

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Hellknight

Hmm, what is the difference between a chapter and a scene?

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Rory

I've never done it that way...I usually use chapters or parts..works well for me.

Hayden

I usually use chapters myself, but whats the difference between chapters and scenes? I can't see any advantages or disadvantages for either one; they both break the story up into sections.

Mike C

Nothing. You can have a longer chapter broken up into scenes, or shorter chapters. Or no chapters, just scenes. Or you can experiment with it. Ballard's Atrocity Exhibition had each paragraph numbered or named, as I remember. Really short chapters? Scenes?

People should worry less about ephemera and more about what goes between chapter headings.

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