It's common for early drafts (sometimes published books too) of novels to have what's called a fat chapter – a chapter that is unusually large – right the middle of the book. Fat chapters can disturb the flow of the novel and make the middle feel like a slog. I was surprised to see that I had managed to put fat chapters in this book twice!
I broke the fat chapters into several chapters each, and did the same with a couple other chapters too. This meant that I started with 19 chapters but ended with 27.
I also wanted chapters towards the end of the book to be shorter, so that the book reads with a faster pace as it comes to the climax. I applied a trendline to the graphs so we can see that this is indeed the case; after the edits chapters trend much shorter over the course of the book.
by Legitimate_Story_309
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* **Source:** A book I have written.
* **Tool:** Excel.
Damn, war and peace snuck in there at chapter 9 haha.
“Alright, I’ll read one more chapter and then call it quits for the night”
The nefarious Chapter 9:
Put the lines on the same graph.