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In my experience, chapter length does not matter. Your book may look more 'impressive' or 'official' with long chapters, but are they necessary to the book itself? No. As long as the first chapter ...
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2019-12-12T17:48:56Z (almost 5 years ago)
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2019-12-08T03:42:56Z (almost 5 years ago)
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In my experience, chapter length does not matter. Your book may look more 'impressive' or 'official' with long chapters, but are they necessary to the book itself? No. As long as the first chapter does what the first chapter is supposed to do (be that introducing the protagonist, setting the scene, introducing the conflict, etc.), it doesn't matter if it is only 2.1k words. To use an example, if you read _Harry Potter_ closely, you'll find that there are a few good stopping places in nearly every chapter. If the chapter ended at every one of them, the book would have been the same, just with shorter chapters. Length really doesn't contribute to content. Do keep in mind I am only an aspiring author myself, however.
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2014-08-30T20:50:37Z (about 10 years ago)
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