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title: Book Chapters
category: Books
tags: books, chapters, pacing, structure
contextKey: books.chapters
micro: Review the chapters that shape this book's reader-facing structure.
quickTitle: Chapters in a book
quickSummary: The Chapters section shows how this book is divided into reader-facing movements.
screenshot:
---

# Overview

The Chapters section shows the reader-facing structure inside a book. Chapters group scenes into movements, helping you check pacing, rhythm, point of view shifts and the order of reveals.

# When Should I Use This?

Use it when you want to review the book's shape without opening every scene. It is useful during outlining, restructuring and revision.

# How To Use It

Open a chapter to review its scenes, edit a chapter when its number or summary changes, or add a new chapter when the book needs another movement.

# Example

A chapter may gather the arrival at a hotel, the first warning and the discovery of a photograph into one escalating mystery movement.

# Writer Tip

Chapter breaks can stay flexible. Scenes are the working units; chapters are how you shape the reader's experience.

# Common Mistakes

- Locking chapter breaks before the scene order has settled.
- Letting chapters grow too large to have a clear movement.
- Treating chapter summaries as full synopses.

# Related Guides

- [Chapters](/Help/Article/chapters.overview)
- [Edit Chapter](/Help/Article/chapters.edit)
- [Scenes](/Help/Article/scenes.overview)
