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.
An average novel length varies according to authors. Average length for Stephen King will be 500 to 700 pages, Dan Brown 400 to 600 pages, John Grisham 350 to 450 pages. Some novels like The Curious Incident of The Dog At Nigthtime was less than 200 pages long.