From around the 1980's to 1990's vary in applicability to what is currently being accepted in today's markets?
Or possibly better put, would reading a book from such time give one a better feeling about how the size of paragraphs and the lengths of sentences to find the overall pace of the book?
That's one thing that keeps stumping me. It's not as much of an issue these days as I use larger paragraphs. But I always had the problem of having smaller more dialogue-driven paragraphs. Which makes it hard to really transition properly to novel type paragraphs.
I'm just thinking about what I'm going to do. I focused on teen and new adult short fiction, that I'm not really sure how to transition into full length middle grade fantasy novels.
The books I have in mind at the moment are: Harry Potter, The Fairy Rebel, Mary Poppins, Matilda. Some of these I know are older books, so I might end up checking out Lightning Thief.
Or possibly better put, would reading a book from such time give one a better feeling about how the size of paragraphs and the lengths of sentences to find the overall pace of the book?
That's one thing that keeps stumping me. It's not as much of an issue these days as I use larger paragraphs. But I always had the problem of having smaller more dialogue-driven paragraphs. Which makes it hard to really transition properly to novel type paragraphs.
I'm just thinking about what I'm going to do. I focused on teen and new adult short fiction, that I'm not really sure how to transition into full length middle grade fantasy novels.
The books I have in mind at the moment are: Harry Potter, The Fairy Rebel, Mary Poppins, Matilda. Some of these I know are older books, so I might end up checking out Lightning Thief.