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Silence is Purple
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I noticed my average word count per chapter is usually around the 7,000-7,500 mark.
What do you consider your "average"? If you have one.
I have categories for specific word count thresholds.
1,000-3,000 is significantly below average for prose. But average for lore poems. Lore poems are never short. For prose, anywhere between 1,000-2,500 is extremely uncommon, unless it's a story that has nothing to do with my main oc, Siorc. In this case, I'd say they're short stories.
3,500-6,000 is slightly below my average. A lot of the earlier chapters were in this category length. I do sometimes still do a piece between 5,000 and 6,000, but it's not as common anymore.
I'd say 6,500-7,750 is my average word count. Whenever I check my word count for my chapters, it's always around the 7,000, sometimes longer.
Starting from 8,000-12,000 I consider this slightly above average length. But, to be honest, sometimes some of my chapters are beyond 8,000, and I've written a few chapters that were just above 10,000. Longest normal chapter that isn't an interlude is around the 11k mark.
I'd say 13,000-19,000 is starting to get significantly above average. But, I only have written one chapter that's around this length, and it's 16,000 or so. This category of word count, I consider to be an interlude. However, anything above 11,000 is extremely rare. And I so far, only have one chapter that's this length and it's a very lengthy interlude.
20,000 and beyond, at this point is just novella territory. I have one story that's around 23,000 words because it's a map documentation chapter. Before anyone tells me, "you should separate that into multiple chapters" I bookend (end the chapter where it started) all my chapters, and it would kill the flow. But, anything beyond 20,000 is just straight up a novella at this point. These are reserved for the heavier chapters that are like the above, a map documentation saga.
If I ever write something that's longer than 25,000 in a chapter, pray for my soul, please. I don't want to proofread all that.
What do you consider your "average"? If you have one.
I have categories for specific word count thresholds.
1,000-3,000 is significantly below average for prose. But average for lore poems. Lore poems are never short. For prose, anywhere between 1,000-2,500 is extremely uncommon, unless it's a story that has nothing to do with my main oc, Siorc. In this case, I'd say they're short stories.
3,500-6,000 is slightly below my average. A lot of the earlier chapters were in this category length. I do sometimes still do a piece between 5,000 and 6,000, but it's not as common anymore.
I'd say 6,500-7,750 is my average word count. Whenever I check my word count for my chapters, it's always around the 7,000, sometimes longer.
Starting from 8,000-12,000 I consider this slightly above average length. But, to be honest, sometimes some of my chapters are beyond 8,000, and I've written a few chapters that were just above 10,000. Longest normal chapter that isn't an interlude is around the 11k mark.
I'd say 13,000-19,000 is starting to get significantly above average. But, I only have written one chapter that's around this length, and it's 16,000 or so. This category of word count, I consider to be an interlude. However, anything above 11,000 is extremely rare. And I so far, only have one chapter that's this length and it's a very lengthy interlude.
20,000 and beyond, at this point is just novella territory. I have one story that's around 23,000 words because it's a map documentation chapter. Before anyone tells me, "you should separate that into multiple chapters" I bookend (end the chapter where it started) all my chapters, and it would kill the flow. But, anything beyond 20,000 is just straight up a novella at this point. These are reserved for the heavier chapters that are like the above, a map documentation saga.
If I ever write something that's longer than 25,000 in a chapter, pray for my soul, please. I don't want to proofread all that.
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