Adventures in Writing: How Long Should a Chapter Be?

Monday, March 5, 2012

How Long Should a Chapter Be?

QUESTION: How long should a chapter be?

There is no "official" length for chapters. Most run around 15-20 manuscript pages in genre. Category romances run a bit shorter.

The best rule of thumb is to end the chapter at your strongest hook/cliffhanger so the reader can't resist reading a few more pages to see what happens next.

The worst place to end a chapter is after solutions have been found, and the next disaster hasn’t started happening.

Click here to find out HOW TO FORMAT YOUR MANUSCRIPT TO GET ACCURATE PUBLISHER PAGE LENGTHS

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