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.
Ten pages per chapter is the norm. You better have some pretty compelling reason to make a chapter 15-20 pages in length. Obviously, the length of a chapter depends on the type of manuscript youâre writing, the amount of description you use, and how youâre telling your story or making your point.