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Originally Posted by morriss003
I use both techniques. I like having cliff hangers sometimes and sometimes I don't. I try to keep my chapters between 5,200 and 5,700 words, so sometimes I have to work to arrange the chapter ending. Sometimes that means using a cliff hanger, and sometimes it means using a logical ending point.
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That's interesting. Why did you specifically choose 5200..5700 words per chapter?
I see my first book averages around 6800 words, but they vary quite a bit (one comes in under 3000). My second book average comes out over 10,000 words. I don't pick for length so much as just a "gut feel" that this was what I wanted together in one chapter.