Option to 'post' or 'post and finish chapter'

[pkarl]

Something like this might keep chapters from being too short, and give folks collaborative control over great volleys that should be in one chapter.

eh?

[incompl]

So like, a way to say "this chapter is the end of a section"?

[pkarl]

Sort of. It's kinda semantic. Basically, I feel like it would be useful to give folks 1 more layer of control. By either clustering chapters into sections, or paragraphs into chapters. Writing 200-word chapters doesn't feel chapterey. 1000-word chapters feels right.

On Friday, October 25, 2013, Greg wrote:

So like, a way to say "this chapter is the end of a section"?

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[wolfgangcodes]

@pkarl I get what your saying, I had the same initial reaction "200 word chapter! too short!" but I've backpedaled. I like the 200 word limit.

It feels like a decent size to say one, maybe two things. You can bang it out on coffee brake if you've thought it through. Making the organization too much more complicated, might create a barrier for entry for folks. I feel like if we introduce sections, we need to also talk about arcs.

The simplicity of focusing only on what happens next, for me, it's part of the allure.

A solution here, might be just to not talk about things in terms of "chapters", and replace 'Chapter N' with just a fancy roman numeral or section break. And invite people to "Write what happens next..." rather than to "Write the next chapter..."

[incompl]

Good thoughts. I will meditate on this.

On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 2:13 PM, wolfgangcodes notifications@github.comwrote:

@pkarl https://github.com/pkarl I get what your saying, I had the same initial reaction "200 word chapter! too short!" but I've backpedaled. I like the 200 word limit.

It feels like a decent size to say one, maybe two things. You can bang it out on coffee brake if you've thought it through. Making the organization too much more complicated, might create a barrier for entry for folks. I feel like if we introduce sections, we need to also talk about arcs.

The simplicity of focusing only on what happens next, for me it's part of the allure.

A solution here, might be just to not talk about things in terms of "chapters", and replace 'Chapter N' with just a fancy roman numeral or section break. And invite people to "Wrtie what happens next..." rather than to write the next chapter.

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[pkarl]

@wolfgangcodes I like where you went with it re: roman numerals or some sequential identifier.

@incompl looking forward to your mind :grapes:

[incompl]

I think the new chapter limit probably makes a lot more sense of what a chapter is intended to be.