of or relating to the outside or outer part; outer: an external surface. 2. Medicine/Medical. to be applied to the outside of a body, as a remedy: for external use only. 3. situated or being outside something; acting or coming from without: external influences.
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.
The Genre will affect the length of the story, too. 1  Young Adult novels tend to be shorter than novels and can be 50,000 to 80,000 words long. 2  Science Fiction and Fantasy novels tend to be longer and can be up to 125,000 words long.