@allisonwyss I've been thinking about this lately, because it really depends on the book for me.

I have some books where one chapter = one scene, which can be anywhere from 2500-6500 words.

I have some books where one chapter is multiple scenes, all focusing in around one event/thing that needs to be covered.

And I have one series of books with very few chapters where each scene within is ~2500-4500 words, so the chapters are long. (cont next)

@allisonwyss But for those, they were written serially, and what is now chapters for publication used to be arcs, covering a specific set of events. In the one I'm editing now, each arc corresponds to a position in the Celtic cross tarot layout.

I feel like, in the end, as long as there are pause points within chapters, long ones are okay.

But short chapters are like popcorn and really make a book kind of drag you through it as you read. JUST ONE MORE.

@tryslora

Short chapters are like popcorn! Yes!

And sometimes with short chapters, I actually get frustrated because I want a break, but keep feeling like I can't take one yet. It's almost like with too many breaks, the breaks disappear or turn into something more like paragraph breaks.

@AJSWritesthings @tryslora

I don't read in Spanish, but I've certainly read translations that do that. I find it kind of wonderful and breathless and exhausting.