: Re: Examples for books that don't use (traditional) chapters? I'm a big fan of Terry Pratchett, and he doesn't use chapters (mostly). Are there any other authors who tend to not use traditional

@Debbie451

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I read an interesting novel by Lionel Shriver called We Need to Talk About Kevin. This book didn't have any paragraphs at all, it was a series of letters written from the main character to her husband.

Although this sort of technique doesn't work for the vast majority of novels, it can be a good way to keep your readers reading. Short blurbs of information (like letters or journal entries or even just short paragraphs) are a good way to make you lose track of time when you're nose deep in a good book. It also makes it easy to stop reading when need be, without the pressure of getting to the end of the chapter in a hurry.

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