Hi Joan,
As a reader I never thought about it much. I know that I never liked many super short chapters. However, as long as they aren't too short, I don't really have much preference.
As a writer I have a much more stringent set of guidelines. In longer stories I try for 3500 +/- 1000 words per chapter. That's enough to get something done but not so long as to tire out a reader. I'd guess that 90% of the chapters in my longer stories fall within that boundary. Some are shorter or longer, but those are exceptions. (They're really more guidelines than rules.
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As for your longer or shorter question, I don't know. Is 3500 words long or short?
Bob
