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Sprink beat me to it, but I was likewise going to suggest a two chapter per episode format. All of Fiji's chapters except the first have been 9-10k words (20 typed pages, give or take), which is probably too long for a story aimed at young readers. 5k on the other hand, is probably a good chapter length, and there's no rule that each chapter has to cover an entire episode. By comparison, the chapters in Lilac's story have been running 5-8k and I'm guessing that most of LTDI's chapters will be in the range of 4-7k, although the opening "meet and greet" chapter will probably be 10k or more, since I want all the introductions in the first chapter. (The reason the meet-and-greet is so long is that, although I am using the canon characters, I am writing the intros as if the reader has never heard of TDI.)

Shane, I can see now that I'm going to have to read Fiji so I can give you timely advice on the detail question. I did read chapter 5 last night, and I'll go back and read ch. 1-4 when I can. I'll comment at greater length later, but the short version is that I thought you did some good things as far as the detail was concerned, but got a little overenthusiastic about it.