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When I outline a story, I almost always decide, from the start, how many chapters it's going to have, and what their titles will be. My average number of chapters in a book tends to be roughly 15 or less; but they end up being, overall, rather long chapters. Is this good or bad? For the purpose of discussion, let's say that a short chapter is 10 pages or less, and a long one is more than 10 pages.
Years ago (when I read a lot more often than I do now) I scarcely noticed chapter length, if at all. These days, I prefer chapters to be short. That's just my own opinion, though; and, as a writer, I'd like to hear what everyone thinks. :) Does it even matter how long it is? Or what chapter length do you think is best, particularly for a 300 page book?
The funny thing is, writing a book is totally opposite to reading one, for me--when reading, I'd prefer it if books didn't have long chapters and "cliffhanger" types of endings, but it's lots of fun writing those kinds of stories, lol.
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