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New writers tend to assume that a chapter must be a certain set length in order to maintain the average novel length of around 80,000 â 95,000 words, but in truth, chapters can be as long or as short as you need them to be. There is no formula.
Here is a general guide to story length, expressed in the word count: 1  Short-short stories are under 2,500 words. 2  Short stories can range from 2,500 to 7,500 words. 3  Novellettes are from 7,500 to 20,000 words.  Novellas are from 20,000 to 50,000 1  words. Novels are from 70,000 to 90,000 words.