Does Size Really Matter?

Get your mind out of the gutter! Chapter lengths: what is too long or too short? Mine tend to be on the short end of the spectrum and my Chapter 11 might be too short, possibly 5 pages (double spaced). I know a chapter can be as short as a page, or a paragraph. Typically, though, if it is this short, there is some element to the structure that makes it possible. Mine doesn't fit into any particular flow. I'm going to keep writing and perhaps during the revision, I'll come up with a solution.

Overall, I had a productive day despite my husband coming home early as it is Memorial Day weekend. I didn't finish Chapter 11 as planned, but got a good start on it. Right now, I'm full with Peking duck (yum!) and a bit sleepy.

Page/Word Count:
73 pages
38,518 words

Chapter 2 Done...Chapter 3?

I decided to split up my original first chapter into three separate chapters. Chapter 1 was a breeze, Chapter 2 a bit of a struggle, and now I'm working on Chapter 3...which I'm having a hard time filling in at the moment as I don't have a picture of what it should be about. Hopefully, I can complete it by end of day tomorrow, so that I can correct intermittent portions in between so that the storyline flows.

An editor friend of mine told me that he breaks up the chapters into separate word documents. I am currently writing in one long flow. Does it matter? I'm not sure. For me, keeping all my chapters in one document helps me get a grasp on how long it is and what my goals are in completing it. However, it is getting rather confusing as the document becomes longer. I've been using bookmarks to quickly jump from one chapter to another, but it isn't perfect.