Jamal Awil

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Functionally, this means you are trying to do three. [definitional]

Functionally, this means you are trying to do three things: structure a chapter with a narrative arc, open the chapter by reminding the reader of what happened in the preceding chapter, and—here’s the hardest part—end the chapter with something that is both a satisfying resolution to this chapter and looks ahead to the next chapter’s tension, creating momentum.

Tilar J Mazzeo, How to Write a Bestseller, loc. 417