Thread: Lots of short chapters, yes or no?
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Old 05-17-2017, 12:20 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by gmw View Post
Applying the same guestimate system that I did for Patterson, Parker's "Promised Land" is 228 Kindle pages with 29 chapters. So that's:

7.8 pages per chapter
2700 words per chapter

So my earlier 6-8 pages guess for "short" (as opposed to "very short") isn't too far off. Just checking
Promised Land is 157 ADE pages and 29 chapters. It starts on page 4 meaning an average of 5.27 pages per chapter.
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