Now that we've got a system for creating the content of your story, let's next talk about how it all fits together.
When Aleesha and Parz began developing Pips World, they were still playing Apothecaria, a potion-making journaling solo role playing game. In that game, weeks were divided into two parts: the portion of the week dedicated to healing someone of some affliction (the Cure episode), and the other part of the week that was more or less downtime (the Rest episode). In Pips World, we think in terms of five episodes coming together into a greater whole. (Why five? Because Parz has this thing about the number five, especially with his Square Breathing).
Each individual episode is a Segment.
Five segments makes one Section.
When numbering a 'chapter', we use the following notation: Section.Segment. For example, 2.5 is Section 2, Segment 5 (within Section 2). The next Segment that gets written would then be 3.1.
For a prologue, Parz uses 1.0. Or you could use 0.1. Whatever makes sense to you, use!
For an epilogue, use what makes the most sense. Maybe it constitutes a new Section. Maybe it's just another segment.
Outside of the numbering, if you'd like to also name the Segment, go for it! (So maybe 2.5 is titled The King is Mystified, and so you could label it like this '2.5 - The King is Mystified').
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