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Q&A Longer or shorter chapters?

This is not a question asking if I should add more or less to my chapters in terms of descriptions and so on to make them longer or shorter. It's more about grouping an already written story. I'm ...

4 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by K. Bailey‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Question fiction chapters
#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T06:22:01Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/27650
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar K. Bailey‭ · 2019-12-08T06:22:01Z (almost 5 years ago)
This is not a question asking if I should add more or less to my chapters in terms of descriptions and so on to make them longer or shorter. It's more about grouping an already written story.

I'm trying to choose between having a larger amount of short chapters or a smaller amount of long chapters. I want to know which option works better for fiction writers, why, and how it affects potential readers when deciding whether or not to start the book and finish it.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-04-21T17:08:30Z (over 7 years ago)
Original score: 5