On average, how how many words do you think chapters for novels should have? I have seen some chapters have about 2,300 words, up to 5,000 words.
Word-Count Reccomendation?
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Depends on how detail oriented your story is, if you have lots of detail you would likely have a higher word count compared to stories that have less detail.
I personally try to keep them in between 2-3k words per part and it seems just right.
And it's also easier to edit and proofread them if you don't write 10k long chunks.
My first part was over 4k words long and there were some voices saying that it's too much.
Between 3000 to 5000 words seems about right.
Depends on how many chapters you release per week. I find that a 2k per day chapter is doable.
Daily chapters = 2k
I have a complaint that my little over 3000 words is too long xD So keep it around 1500-3000 I guess
Short answer: As many or as few as what will convey the story you wish to tell in the way you wish to tell it.
Anecdotal stuff: In my case, Devourer of Destiny is plotted out as though it is made for network television. Each chapter break is a commercial break "breather space". You can expect a full "episode" of Devourer to be around 7 chapters, more or less (I just wrapped up what I consider the second episode with 8 chapters, the one prior to it being 6).
Because of this structure, it works best for me to keep chapters around 2000 words (to date largest: 2416; smallest: 1718). This gives me enough room to comfortably make something happen each chapter; I'm not the type to drag out every minor tussle with a minion or mid-boss type character for three chapters. The most important thing for me when I hit Publish is that I can look back over the text and go "yeah, something happened that moved the plot forward". I'm releasing 1-2 chapters a day, so I want people who read it as it is released to not feel completely blue balled, to be perfectly crass about it.
So, I'd say however many words makes something happen and makes you, the author, satisfied with it (yes, some people will complain, we have a big userbase here, there's always going to be someone able to find something subjectively "wrong" with your work, don't write for them). But I'm biased. :)
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