You know, they seldom cover it in how-to write books, and I'm very bad at it. Start out with opening chapters of ten pages and end with ones of two hundred pages or so when I'm really in a swing.
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Trying to add more. The break does tend to be useful for emphasis.
And I was thinking that actually, the best way to fight fire magic is to use your own fire magic spells on it, to control it. And the same with all the rest.
Except that some of them are stronger in some spells than others. And even though it's not the pure classical elements, there can be ways to fight fire with earth or water or air. . . .