Talk:Creddie/@comment-3101374-20121210070136/@comment-2032682-20121210121936

I use 1700 to 2500 words as my 'goal' for the basic structure of the chapter (start-middle-finish). Once I get that and I feel happy with the initial content then I start re-reading, editing and embellishing the chapter. If I get close to 3500+ words I will often split the chapter in half and re-write to add more to each chapter again. My stories average around 2500 per chapter.

10,000 is extremely long for a chapter.

Read this as well, it might be helpful:

User blog:Sockstar1/So You Have Decided To Write A Fanfic