Twilight Chapter 2

[Slikk Huisenga]

Aspromised, Stephenie Meyer's Twilight is the second book in our first pages study session this month in honor of National Novel Writing Month. Why? Again because both the Harry Potter series and The Twilight Saga were instrumental in changing the face of children's book publishing.

I have to admit that I love how Stephenie Meyer starts Twilight with the immediate sense that Bella is facing death. And immediate intrigue over who 'the hunter' is. This preface is great because it pulls you through the somewhat mundane details of the first chapter.

As you see in our recent (re) read-along of Twilight, this re-read dragged a bit for me....until Bella meets Edward. If SM started Twilight with the actual first chapter and lines, I wouldn't be as intrigued.

P.S. I gave in. I'm officially participating in NaNo this year. I thought it would be easier than trying to familiarize myself with my YA novel again and then finishing the last 10,000 or so words. So currently I'm working on a chapter book, with the goal of around 30K words. I've got 1000 down so far. Woohoo!

SAME HERE! I started reading for the past couple of days and I'm on chapter 19 and I just couldn't stop myself from going back to Chapter 1. I miss it so often lmao knowing that I'm about to finish the first book

Just wanted to thank whoever made this story available for free. I live in Brazil and needed to practice my reading skills in English, and English books here are 100 times more expensive than Portuguese ones. Thank you!

Ever wondered what Edward would be like in a skirt? Well look no further! I recapped and dissected every chapter of the infamous gender swapped Twilight so you can live through my pain. You are welcome.

For whatever it's worth: I previously stumbled upon a GameFAQs post (that I can no longer find the source of) which said that everything in Crossroads of Twilight could be skipped EXCEPT for the prologue, chapters 1-3, 5-9, and 22-29, and the epilogue. This sounds promising, but I'm not sure I want to trust a single, random internet comment.

This is pretty tough to be objective about. Everyone has their own preferences as to what is important (or enjoyable) to read. As a result, I've attempted to provide very general statements for each book about what you'll be reading (or listening to in your case) and what you'll be skipping.

As a more general note: If you're REALLY pressed for time, the absolute minimum to read would be: The prologue and Ch35 of Winter's Heart, and you can skip Crossroads of Twilight entirely except for the epilogue.

Mat's continuing story, Egwene and the rebel Aes Sedai, Ongoing stories regarding the major event of Winter's Heart, Enough interstitial bits to keep everything tied together. These chapters serve to set the stage for the next two books.

Perrin's whole "saving Faile" plotline is probably the most slowly paced part of both of these books and fails to progress in any significant way throughout. Just skipping his chapters saves a lot of time. It also ends up being pretty unimportant in the long run. Elayne's politics are probably the second most tedious aspect of the two books and the end result of the whole Andor subplot is fairly moot in the long run. Mat's story with Tuon is typically considered very entertaining, though there might be some way to minimize the number of chapters devoted to it (I just included them all). The Rebel Aes Sedai also tend to have boring chapters, but Egwene's rise to the control of the White Tower is a pretty big deal... so I kept them in. Overall the most important bits in my mind are Rand's madness and cleansing of Saidin, some evil characters getting offed (Forsaken for the most part), and the change in how the rebel Aes Sedai think about and do things. Knife of Dreams and Sandersons novels focus for the most part on Rand, Egwene and Mat, basically wrapping up the dull Perrin and Elayne bits in short order.

So this is what I have to share: a tiny exchange that shows how deleting one element can totally change the mood of a scene, an entire story line that ran from chapter six through chapter twenty before I slashed it out, and an alternate way of developing the plot.

For new writers, and many times even those of us with a few stories under our belts, trying to determine the best length for each chapter is enough to question everything you know about writing. Do you shoot to keep them uniform, every chapter the same length, or do you try to vary them to make the story feel more dynamic? The truth is, unlike when we talked about novel length yesterday, there is no real guideline for chapter length, but here are a few things to keep in mind as you wrack your brain trying to find the answer that fits your story.

The truth is, the chapter length should be determined by what happens within the story, rather than the word count. A short chapter can increase the pace of a story, while a long chapter can be used for drawn-out or scenes that happen over a long period of time, such as a 3-day trek across the country.

Scenes can be used to break up the action, to switch perspective to a different character, to pass time, or for any number of other reasons but they should be used sparingly. Having 5 scenes in a 1500-word chapter is going to have a negative effect on the reader. The first is that they may lose where they are in the story or whose point of view they are reading. They may also give too many places for the reader to lose immersion within the story, pulling them out of that world and back into their own.

I go through the book, doing fine until Chapter 4. I kill the first Seeker, but when I active the Scry Pod nothing happens. No doors open, and a second Seeker is hanging out in the hallway but unable to attack me.

Try this, "Alternately, when Chapter 1 is first entered, instead of walking forwards and reading Chapter 2, follow the path to the right. This path will lead to a large open area with a small island in the middle of the poison lake. Using a fully charged Whirlwind Sprint, Become Ethereal, Ahzidal's Boots of Waterwalking or Vampire Lord will get the Dragonborn there safely. This is actually Chapter 7. Activate the scrye, go back to Chapter 6, then head to Chapter 8. Deal with the Lurkers and finish."

I didn't find chapter V and VI in III (maybe I'm just bad at searching). But the tip with the island in Chapter I worked just fine - although Ahzidal's Boots don't stop the acid damage completly, so you have to hurry even when wearing those.

This is the answer i think: GO back to chapter 3, then if you "back away" from the Ch4 book, there is a little staircase to your right (and in front of you) that you can go up - then there is a ramp that leads even higher - there will be a scrye thing to activate that opens the main door. After you go through that, there will be another similar staircase+ramp to the right to open the next door. fight a seeker, move along, and you will find chapters 5 and 6.

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