: Asking about chapter's length Is that okay if in a short story, a chapter's length is 450 words? And then you find a chapter with 1000 or more words?

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Yes! Personally I think you as the writer should know when a chapter is long enough. You have your reasons for their lengths and that’s what needs be most important for a writer, that you have your reasons for the length. Someone will understand it.

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Well, a short story should be around 1,000 - 10,000 words total. If I am correct, short stories usually don't even have chapters. If you find it necessary to add chapters, and you stick with the chapter length of 450 words, you could have no more than 22 chapters (assuming every chapter is exactly 450 words and you are trying to get a maximum word count for short stories of 10,000 words). One example of a novel is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone had 17 chapters, totaling a total word count of 77,508 words. This would be on average 4559 words per chapter. So, if you stuck with around 22 chapters then you would technically have had more chapters than the Harry Potter example - but almost 4,000 fewer words per chapter. It is true that the Harry Potter example is a novel, and you're writing a short story, but it doesn't matter. Why would you have more chapters with way fewer words each than a novel? Considering this, as I said before, I would personally stick with few or no chapters.
Here are some links to support what I stated above and to provide further readings on this subject: www.masterclass.com/articles/word-count-guide#:~:text=The%20average%20short%20story%20should,is%20500%20words%20or%20less https://blog.reedsy.com/how-long-should-a-chapter-be/#:~:text=From%20these%20numbers%2C%20we%20can,the%20most%20common%20sweet%20spot.

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