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Do you structure your reading time in terms of chapters? Or perhaps did you feel that single plot points were dragged out?
by Normal_gaussian 6y ago
Do you structure your reading time in terms of chapters? Or perhaps did you feel that single plot points were dragged out?
- boulos 6y agoA bit of both. I’ll often read a bit before going to bed, so super long chapters (e.g., greater than an hour?) mean I’m just choosing somewhere “less intentional” to stop. I would also say that I recall (it’s been a while!) a lot of extraneous detail in some passages, that made me think “ugh, I kind of wish I could skip this, but if there’s a hidden plot element in here I shouldn’t”. The extraneous detail was probably more frustrating than “long chapters”, but I find that the two go together and usually suggest a missed opportunity for editing.