: Re: Techniques for lengthening or merging chapters When I'm working on a novel, I have a tendency to write short chapters (1k-3k words). This is not a problem, per se, but I sometimes feel the

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I have a tendency to write short chapters (1k-3k words)

Then there's your answer. Most writers would love to have a naturally-occurring tendency of any kind other than sucking.

You describe a process of struggle and literary engineering in which you attempt to subvert your own natural way of writing. Just reading the question is almost painful. Why are you torturing yourself like that? Where did you get the idea that your chapters should be longer?

Did someone in a writing group tell you that?

Is it because other writers' chapters are longer?

Do either of those sound like a good reason for doing anything?

It sounds to me as though your chapters are exactly the proper length. Just keep at it and perhaps someday people will be reading your stuff and then asking how they can break up their long, cumbersome chapters into shorter ones.

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