Read On and Discover Why Chapter Length Is Crucial… Big Time!

The clock strikes 1 pm and you realize that you have to run some errands, but you can’t lift your butt out of your chair since you’re in the midst of finishing a book chapter!

Well, you’ll put your book in a break once you conclude this chapter, you reason. An hour later, you take a quick peek at the number of words to see the progress.

You gasp in frustration realizing how slow your progress today. Talk about counter-productivity.

Now the sinking feeling escalated that you know this also happened in the previous days of hard work. It’s finally making sense how important the standard chapter length is to progress your darn book. Aiming for a feasible solution? Read on…

Why does the word count matter for a chapter?

Chapter length does matter big time. How long it should be? Well, it depends on you. Before you decide the average number, you must think about the prime purpose behind dividing your book into chapters. Think about your book as a Netflix series. Each episode or chapter consists of one or more scenes that contribute to the development of the story. Long chapters risk dropping the viewers out of the story forever. So the length must not compromise the build-up of your story. It’s either you make it or break it.