Novel Structure - About Turning Points

You mean in the books we write or read? But in reading hmm, never really thought about it. Most chapters seem to end in a major Turning Point, if I understand that term correctly. A lot of times in some form of cliffhanger but sometimes just a change of direction or POV.

I'm in the process of editing my first attempt at producing a novel.
After reading your question I reread some of my chapter breaks.
So far I end my chapter with a conclusion of an ongoing action, that is a lead-in for the next one hoping to keep the reader engaged and anticipating the story arc.
The next chapter starts with the anticipated event.
I don't have any guidelines I'm following I'm pretty much learning as I go.

I vary where I break it - sometimes it's a cliffhanger and sometimes I tie things off with a bow with a few dangling threads. I (personally) like to have easy places to put a book down. I'm a mom, I have work and life to deal with, so it's nice to have a satisfying place to stop without it nagging at me too much. I structure my novels by instinct on the first draft, and then go back through and break things up for pacing in the editing stage.

You mean in the books we write or read? But in reading hmm, never really thought about it. Most chapters seem to end in a major Turning Point, if I understand that term correctly. A lot of times in some form of cliffhanger but sometimes just a change of direction or POV.

I posted this under the topic “Writing: Craft, Talent, Technique”, so did not realize I should specify. I am only referring to what you write.

I don't usually think of it in those term. But I believe my answer would be chapter breaks. Not that all chapters are turning points.

...my answer would be chapter breaks.

The original question was:

“What is your preferred placement of the major Turning Points around chapter breaks?”

I don’t understand your answer. Can your elaborate?

I usually don't think of turning points by the name turning points. But as I understand the context of when you used that term I do use chapter breaks for turning points. But not all of my chapter breaks are turning points. Is this clearer or the same as my original?

From this, I am assuming that you only only put your turning points at the end of a chapter and before the break. If that is correct, then that answers my question.

Also, I didn't suggest that every chapter has a turning point. Every scene must have a reversal so chapters can have multiples of those, but they are minor. TPs are major and stories only need a few (but at least one). That was part of my confusion.