As a reader, I'm not sure chapters have much relevance to my reading. I suspect them as an artifact of ancient book manufacturing and hand-prepared documents.
For a writer, chapters seem to be a tidy way of compartmentalizing, and as such, I would say that there is no functional reason to worry about the length. If the tale you are telling needs a longer chapter, then it needs a longer chapter.
I would consider your publisher, however. Some publishers like shorter chapters, they seem to feel that readers get bored if chapters are longer. To which I personally reply "WTF?" because I don't consume books by the chapter, I read until I have no more time to read if the book is good.
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Date: 2011-03-14 05:26 pm (UTC)For a writer, chapters seem to be a tidy way of compartmentalizing, and as such, I would say that there is no functional reason to worry about the length. If the tale you are telling needs a longer chapter, then it needs a longer chapter.
I would consider your publisher, however. Some publishers like shorter chapters, they seem to feel that readers get bored if chapters are longer. To which I personally reply "WTF?" because I don't consume books by the chapter, I read until I have no more time to read if the book is good.