How long is long?

[beccaelizabeth]

I just saw someone refer to 4200 words as a long chapter

they post in their LJ one chapter at a time

I'm waiting until my story is all finished before I post (because I have this tendency to go back and start over, or change things that happened several acts ago)

but when I do I was going to post in parts rather than just put an announcement up

because for some reason that seems to get more readers
(I do not know why)


And also because I don't think you even can put 30,000 words in an LJ post
and if you did the emails you get for the comments would be
HUGE

ANYways

what size is a good size for a part?
how long is long?

my smallest section is the teaser at 1300ish
but the next smallest is about 5000
and act 3 is... bigger.
I may have to play with the act breaks a bit.

But anyways, thoughts?

Comments

[pinkdormouse.livejournal.com]

Personally I prefer to read things all in one go because I print them out and take them places with me. Also I like to know a story is going to end before I commit. But I know a lot of people seem to like chapters these days.

4000 is probably an average novel chapter for my current thing, but different stories end themselves to different points at which to break off.

Gina