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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.
ADULT NOVELS: COMMERCIAL & LITERARY. Between 80,000 and 89,999 words is a good range you should be aiming for. This is a 100% safe range for literary, mainstream, womenâs, romance, mystery, suspense, thriller and horror. Anything in this word count wonât scare off any agent anywhere. Now, speaking broadly, you can have as few as 71,000 words and as many as 109,000 words. That is the total range.