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Old 12-15-2012, 02:33 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by gmw View Post
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.
I'm almost 62, so I've read a lot of books in my lifetime. I've noticed that I find it easier to follow a book if the chapters are not too long. Very short chapters, a page or two, are ok for some genres, like romance, but mine are speculative fiction. I've also noticed that I write a tighter book by following this method. I've written chapters that are much longer and some that are much shorter, but this range works best for me.
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