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If you think of a scene, it is a smaller scale for chapters. A book contains many chapters, that contains some scenes.

The scale for scenes should be smaller than 3000-5000 words, cause in sum, they should make a chapter of 3000-5000 words.

My personal opinion on chapters is: If you need them, then use them. Nothing is more annoying in reading, as to think "Wow, that was a pretty abrupt ending of the chapter" cause the author had a word count for a chapter. There is no need for a special amount of words. You could write a whole book without a chapter. You could write a book with 80 chapters. That depends all on your style and the way you write. If your book comes in several parts with multiple story arcs and persons, then chapters could be useful.

But remember: It always depends on what you're comfortable with

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