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Chapters
Topic Started: Jul 8 2009, 12:05 AM (45 Views)
Majyk	Jul 8 2009, 12:05 AM Post #1
Moderator Posts: 184 Group: Moderator Member #10 Joined: Jul 7, 2008	In your novels (or short stories, I guess, if you have chapters in them), how long are the chapters usually? Mine are mostly ten double spaced pages (4,000 words). I do occasionally get one or two that are only five pages or twenty, but they usually fall around ten. Edited by Majyk, Jul 8 2009, 12:06 AM.
	By your decisions you paint a portrait of Who You Are. ~ an uncommon dialogue Rescued by Death (43,000 words)


Wannabe Writer	Jul 8 2009, 12:35 PM Post #2
Fountain Pen Posts: 251 Group: Moderator Member #27 Joined: Feb 8, 2009	I have short chapters, I think. Only about 1-2,000 words. I think I might try to make them bigger.



Lykaios	Jul 8 2009, 01:51 PM Post #3
Administrator Posts: 669 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: May 23, 2008	My chapters range between 2,400 words and 4,100 words, which on MS Word with spaces between paragraphs ia between six and nine pages. I'm not too fussed about how long my chapters are unless they get really long. Generally I try to use the chapter boundaries for POV swaps or a change of scene from one place to another.
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Eliza...	Jul 11 2009, 04:35 PM Post #4
Pencil Posts: 61 Group: Members Member #28 Joined: Feb 9, 2009	My chapters are short. They're rarely over one thousand words, and they can be as short as five hundred words.
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Wannabe Writer	Jul 12 2009, 02:32 PM Post #5
Fountain Pen Posts: 251 Group: Moderator Member #27 Joined: Feb 8, 2009	I like short chapters when I'm reading, but sometimes I think it breaks the story up too much. I also like long chapters, as long as the ones in Harry Potter.



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