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There are too many of these questions. Chapter length is governed by four elements: scenes, transitions, location switches, time breaks. I have a novel where the shortest chapter is 400 words - a c...
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System
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2019-12-08T06:22:05Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Surtsey
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2019-12-08T06:22:05Z (over 4 years ago)
There are too many of these questions. Chapter length is governed by four elements: scenes, transitions, location switches, time breaks. I have a novel where the shortest chapter is 400 words - a character is falling asleep. Longest chapter is 11,000 words. Every character is in the same location. There is no opportunity to end the scene or switch to a parallel plot. All the characters are being held hostage. There is no opportunity to switch to another 'camera'.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2017-05-18T22:02:47Z (almost 7 years ago)
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