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Hi Kris - thanks for pointing me to Margie Lawson. Lots of great info on her site! Thank you 🙂

Hi Julie,

The amount of pages per chapter is another way to quickly assess for odd outliers in your manuscript. It should work in a similar way. Ones that are too long or too short may need attention (with room for exceptions depending on your writing style and specific tension points in your novel.)

Some ways that I would look at word count per chapter may be helpful, or not. It seems like you have a good system already!

I work in Scrivener at this stage in my writing. Going through the left side bar quickly gives me a word count at the bottom of each section.

There is also the good ol' hot keys to help figure out amounts. Select (or Command on a Mac) A for all, or just the section you want to do a word count with, and the number should appear at the bottom of your Word doc (and many word processors mimic this system).

Thanks for sharing your page count idea. 🙂
Kris

Why certainly, Sarah. It's an honor. 🙂 Share away.

I am! Thanks for asking. Tension and conflict are just sisters in writing and both are SO important. And, of course, the other sister is pacing, so it fits right in with your great post. I would like to share your post in class, if that's okay.
Thanks!

Thanks, Denise! I'm glad these tips can help.

Kris