My two favourite authors of fiction rarely use chapter divisions. The main (and sensible) reason being that real life does not divide itself neatly into chapters. George MacDonald Fraser never interrupts the pace of Flashman's first person narrative. Only in recent books has Terry Pratchett used Chapter breaks and then has done so with a chapter number followed by some text listing the chapter's contents. Presumably this is intended to reflect what was a common Victorian style.
I have decided that for my posting of my story to Google Drive that I shall use chapters and chapter titles. This is partially because my book is very firmly linked to a bygone age - not just in the way of a historical novel but, more importantly, because it deliberately evokes the memes of that era. Also, I am, after all, attempting to write a page turner and perhaps Chapter headings are a bit of a 'come on' to the reader to plough onwards. Anyway - that is the plan! :)
As soon as I can figure out how to make the scenes available to anyone who reads this blog I shall start putting in links - or whatever it is that you do.
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