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The Alpha's Omega
Hehe, I'm sure some of you thinks she's just a cranky old lady, but she is one of my favorite additions to the cast and kind of my own way to vent against certain aspects of my own characters, lmao.
In other words, she allows me to whine on Jace and I love it.
• Why the short chapters?
When I first started writing back in 2018, I use to make MEGA long chapters and I mean, INSANELY long! My first book, Laws of the Pack, had an average of around 5000 words per chapter which lead me to have very frequent writer blocks since I had to constantly think of extra text or out of no where context to fill up the gaps. And let's all agree on something; my English isn't very rich so my writing is very pl
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Thrown Out, Claimed By The CEO.
The city was loud but she was quiet.
She looked at her notebook on the table. Opened it to the page from last night. _Chapter 1: The day I almost broke. Chapter 2: The day I decided not to._
Below it, she picked up her pen. Her hand hovered. What comes after “decided not to”?
She wrote: _Chapter 3: The morning nothing felt strange._
Then stopped. Because that was all she had. Words. No action. No progress. No bullets.
She closed the notebook. Walked to the couch. Sat down. Did nothing.
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99 TIMES DIVORCED: My Alpha Husband Wants Me Back
I steel my resolve, my chest swelling with joy, I quickly type a brief message to my agent.
*I have the opening chapters ready. Sending them over now.*
With a steady hand, I export the file, attach the fresh chapters I just wrote, and hover my finger over the screen. Without letting myself hesitate for another second, I hit "Submit."
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Backup Plan
There was no need to drag her into it.
Reaching into my backpack again, I get out my notebook, hoping for inspiration to strike as strongly as it did all those years ago. It takes a while, but it does, and I outline the next three chapters, seamlessly putting in a sword-fighting scene for Charles’s sake—that totally fits with the story. Usually, I don’t like to write longhand what I then have to go back and type, but the fight scene is so clear in my head I start writing it out—and then can’t stop.
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How To Survive Werewolves
“I need you, I need you, I need you right now. Yeah, I need you right now . . . “ I sing, searching through the clothes in the closet. I do not think I will ever get enough of this closet. It is a dream come true. I must decide what to wear for tomorrow, but there are too many options.
I shift through some of the outfits I like. My phone buzzes and I sigh in frustration. That can be none other than the author.
Congratulations, you survived the first day. I am surprised you didn’t change anything from the original story, so I guess it can’t be that bad. I’m glad you are enjoying it. And remember, the story starts tomorrow xxx
I chuck my phone on my bed and scoff. Then why didn’t the story sta
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Cycle of Cliches
How can real people vanish?
I read through the dream sequence in one of the journals on my laptop. Two hours for the boarding call, and one hour in the air was good enough to find at least the exposition. Dream sequences in the first chapter of a book are pieces of trash. Every third book starts with a dream sequence! Definite turn-offs for literary agents and editors. No, I am not judging. That’s what the agents and publishing house editors say in their How-to-write-a-great-novel videos. That’s what they warn aspiring authors against – NO DREAM SEQUENCES PLEASE! Not at least in the first chapter! And that’s where my dilemma was! No matter how much my dream sequence was real, how often I got
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Your Typical Bad Girl
Genuinely.
This is my first book. My first story. My first time putting something out there that came from my head and my heart, and honestly? That's terrifying. It's like showing someone your diary, except you've decorated it with dragons and heartbreak and inside jokes that only make sense to you. There are going to be typos. There are going to be plot holes big enough to drive a truck through. There might be sentences that make zero sense on the first read, and characters who change personalities mid-chapter because I hadn't figured them out yet. And you know what? That's okay. Every writer starts somewhere. Every story begins as a messy, chaotic first draft that only its creator truly lo
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I Just Wanna Get Laid
Quin was the first to get home Saturday morning; her roommates were nowhere to be found. Before sleeping, she decided to bring out her laptop and write chapter 4 of her book.
She needed to submit her first five chapters quickly, and as such, she needed a nice event to happen so she could write chapter 5, and since she did not want her book to be rejected, whatever has to happen has to be a great deal.
After hours of typing, she decided to shut her laptop and shut her eyes; she needed rest.
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SEDUCING MY BESTFRIEND'S BROTHER
He told me.
Not the summary version but the actual version — the chapter that had unlocked when he'd written *some things you'd choose regardless because not choosing is its own kind of cost*. The way that had pulled the other chapters into alignment behind it. The introduction that had taken three rewrites and had finally worked on the third when he'd stopped trying to explain what the book was and had just started with the first true sentence he knew.
"What was it?" I said. "The first true sentence."
He looked at me.
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A gripping first chapter is like a handshake with the reader—it sets the tone and makes you want to stay. For me, it’s all about immediacy. Take 'The Hunger Games'—right away, we’re in Katniss’s head, feeling her desperation as she volunteers for her sister. No lengthy world-building dumps; the stakes are personal and visceral. But it’s not just about action. Subtle hooks work too, like the eerie quiet of 'The Road''s opening, where Cormac McCarthy’s sparse prose makes you lean in.
The best openings also leave breadcrumbs. They don’t explain everything, but they tease questions you need answered. Why is this character risking their life? Who left that cryptic note? I love when a chapter feels like the first 10 minutes of a film—enough to orient me, but with lingering mysteries. And voice! A unique narrator (think Holden Caulfield) can pull me in even if nothing ‘big’ happens. It’s about promise: this story will go somewhere worth your time.
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