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Video – How Long Should a Chapter Be?

One of the questions I get asked most often is:

How long should a chapter be?

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Authors might mean page count OR word count… but my answer is the same! A chapter should be as long as it needs to be to convey your message. Not all book chapters need to be the same length. Nor should they be! (Imagine how boring it would be to read!)

In this 2-minute video, I give you three must-know tips for writing your chapters and answer the question about chapter length.


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How long should a book chapter be?

Have you ever thought about how long a chapter in your non-fiction book should be? I mean really thought about it?

040715-ChapterOneMost people do think about how long the overall book will be (thinking in word count not pages!) but few think about how long a chapter should be.

And while you CAN use a blog post as the basis of a chapter, there are some different guidelines!

1. Chapters don’t all have to be the same length!

Sure, in a “perfect” world, every chapter would be exactly 2.5 pages long. The book would have a beautiful symmetry and every word would be powerful.

And welcome to the REAL world!

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