I'm reading a book now where the first chapter was one page i.e. fewer than 700 words.
It's a chapter if you say it is - okay and the scene changes/moves on.
Thank you for the confirmation. I think I would not mind how many chapters it could turn out as long as the chapters are divided according to the scenes.
If short chapters bug you you could try sub chapters. Like, chapter one, and then dividing it up with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. But then you'd want to stick to really long chapters with just a bunch of sub chapters, as it'd be excessive to have like 2k word chapters and sub chapters within those 2k words.
I have worried about this myself, but my gut says don't force more into a chapter than has to be, because if you're just padding it your product won't be as good and you may just have to cut that stuff in the end. Do what works for that chapter, nothing more, nothing less.
Like others have said, chapter length does not matter. A chapter is however long it needs to be. I generally try to make mine similar in length, but if it doesn't happen, oh well.
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