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.
My book is currently 45,675 words and I am starting on Chapter 30. Do you have an opinion on chapter length and word count?. It can depend on the kind of book you're writing. Some formula fiction, especially romance, is sometimes written to fit into a precise number of printed pages.