The FAST was developed in the UK in 1998 by a group of stroke physicians, ambulance personnel, and an emergency room physician and was designed to be an integral part of a training package for ambulance staff.
âAnonymous. There are no hard-and-fast rules on how long or short a chapter needs to be. It could be three pages. It could be 22. It could be 40. You shouldnât set manuscript guidelines for yourself on chapter length.
So a good day of reading for me, assuming I like the book and Iâm not looking for quotable passages, is between 50 and 100 pages. Seventy-nine pages while scanning for usable materialâfor a magazine essay or for homeworkâseems like at least two hours of reading. But the math is easier than I thought.