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Day 6: Finished chapter one...it was 10,700 words long

People write long-ass chapters all the time, but chapter one seemed a little much, so I divided it up into three.

In retrospect, I suppose you don't necessarily need to take readers through an entire heist scene right from the get-go. I guess that, as a reader, I unconsciously understood chapters as a natural rest spot. I'd probably want one or two of those if I were taking in a brand new setting, tech culture, magic system, cast of characters, and pulling a heist, all in one go...

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