{"id":154,"date":"2020-11-12T08:19:38","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T08:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/?p=154"},"modified":"2025-05-12T13:38:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T12:38:48","slug":"how-long-should-a-chapter-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/how-long-should-a-chapter-be\/","title":{"rendered":"How Long Should A Chapter Be?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You\u2019ve started your book. You\u2019re brimming with ideas. You start hammering away at your text. And then \u2013 you hit a pause.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So now what?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you create a page break and start a new chapter? Or do you just do the three little asterisk&nbsp;thing? Or just crash straight on?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And what if your chapters are too short? Or too long? Will your readers laugh at you? Will you cause <a href=\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/how-to-get-a-literary-agent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">literary agents<\/a> to spill their lattes with laughter?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, no.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Honest truth? Chapter lengths don\u2019t really matter too much. No <a href=\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/manuscript-presentation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">manuscript<\/a> has ever been rejected by an agent or neglected by a reader just because a chapter was too short or too long.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That said, chapter breaks are one of the key rhythmical features of a novel. Your story\u2019s most obvious beats.&nbsp;So,&nbsp;it makes sense to use those beats to enhance everything else you\u2019re doing. Getting that right is what this post is all about.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Chapter-Length-In-A-Nutshell\">Chapter Length, In A Nutshell<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Too short: 1000 words or under<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Very short: 1000-1500 words<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Short: 1500-2000 words<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Standard: 2000 to 4000 words<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Long: 4000 to 5000 words<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Very long: over 5000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Those are the rules for adult novels. Kids\u2019 books will have chapter lengths that vary by age range. And there\u2019s no wrong here.&nbsp;<em>Ducks, Newburyport&nbsp;<\/em>has no chapters and it\u2019s 400,000 words long. It\u2019s still amazing.<\/p>\n\n\n\r\n    <section class=\"free-signup-block  alignfull\" id=\"\" data-redirect=\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/resource-downloads\/the-jericho-writers-vault\/\">\r\n        <div class=\"content-container\">\r\n            <div class=\"free-signup-block-container\">\r\n                                    <div class=\"free-signup-image-container\">\r\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Editing-Website-blocks.png\" alt=\"\">\r\n                                            <\/div>\r\n                                <div class=\"free-signup-text-container\">\r\n\r\n                    <div class=\"free-signup-text-wrapper\">\r\n                                                        <h2>Ready to clean up that messy first draft?<\/h2>\r\n                                                    <div class=\"wysiwyg-container\"><p>Join our free community for instant access to: <\/p>\n<\/div>                                                    <div class=\"features-list\">\r\n                                                                    <div class=\"feature\">\r\n                                        <div class=\"icon-container\" style=\"background-color: #F7941D\"><i class='bx bx-laptop'><\/i><\/div>                                        <div class=\"feature-text\">\r\n                                            <div class=\"feature-description\">Digital tools like our self-editing pyramid<\/div>                                        <\/div>\r\n                                    <\/div>\r\n                                                                    <div class=\"feature\">\r\n                                        <div class=\"icon-container\" style=\"background-color: #F7941D\"><i class='bx bxs-user-voice'><\/i><\/div>                                        <div class=\"feature-text\">\r\n                                            <div class=\"feature-description\">Peer-to-peer support &#038; feedback <\/div>                                        <\/div>\r\n                                    <\/div>\r\n                                                                    <div class=\"feature\">\r\n                                        <div class=\"icon-container\" style=\"background-color: #F7941D\"><i class='bx bx-pencil'><\/i><\/div>                                        <div class=\"feature-text\">\r\n                                            <div class=\"feature-description\">Regular writing tips straight to your inbox <\/div>                                        <\/div>\r\n                                    <\/div>\r\n                                                            <\/div>\r\n                                                <div class=\"form-group message-holder full-width\">\r\n                            <div class=\"sign_err_msg\"><\/div>\r\n                            <div class=\"sign_success_msg\">Please go to your inbox and verify your email address or <a href=\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/members-home\/\">click here to get started<\/a><\/div>\r\n                        <\/div>\r\n\r\n                        <div class=\"form-container\" style=\"position: relative;\">\r\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/themes\/jw3.0-live\/resources\/assets\/images\/loader.gif\" class=\"loager-image-sub\" style=\"display:none; top: 30%; left:50%; transform: translate(-50%,-50%); z-index: 999;\" \/>\r\n                            <div class=\"form-group\">\r\n                                <label>Your name<\/label>\r\n                                <input type=\"text\"  minlength=\"2\" maxlength=\"40\" name=\"\" value=\"\" class=\"guest_user_name\" required>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                            <div class=\"form-group\">\r\n                                <label>Your email<\/label>\r\n                                <input type=\"email\" name=\"\" minlength=\"5\" maxlength=\"60\" class=\"guest_user_email\" required>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                            <div class=\"form-group\">\r\n                                <label>Create a password<\/label>\r\n                                <input type=\"password\" minlength=\"5\" maxlength=\"20\" placeholder=\"\" name=\"\" class=\"guest_user_password\" value=\"\" required>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                            <div class=\"form-group form-button-container\">\r\n                                <button type=\"submit\" class=\"cta-btn has-background get_all_user_data free_signup_block_button\" style=\"background-color: #F7941D\"><span>Join Now<\/span><\/button>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                            <div class=\"form-group full-width\">\r\n                                <div class=\"custom-checkbox\">\r\n                                    <input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"\" class=\"form_check_required\">\r\n                                    <span>By signing up you agree to receive our very exciting newsletters and agree to our (less exciting) <a href=\"'.$siteUrl.'\/privacy-policy\/\">privacy policy<\/a><\/span>\r\n                                <\/div>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                            <div class=\"form-group full-width\">\r\n                                <div data-id=\"block_c8d519dfb800d10b10654e1b16b53152\" class=\"g-recaptcha-block\" id=\"g-recaptcha-block-block_c8d519dfb800d10b10654e1b16b53152-3149828\"><\/div>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                        <\/div>\r\n                                                <div class=\"nsl-container nsl-container-block\" data-align=\"left\"><div class=\"nsl-container-buttons\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-login.php?loginSocial=google&#038;redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fjerichowriters.com%2Fresource-downloads%2Fthe-jericho-writers-vault%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\" aria-label=\"Continue with &lt;b&gt;Google&lt;\/b&gt;\" data-plugin=\"nsl\" data-action=\"connect\" data-provider=\"google\" data-popupwidth=\"600\" data-popupheight=\"600\"><div class=\"nsl-button nsl-button-default nsl-button-google\" data-skin=\"light\" style=\"background-color:#fff;\"><div class=\"nsl-button-svg-container\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"#4285F4\" d=\"M20.64 12.2045c0-.6381-.0573-1.2518-.1636-1.8409H12v3.4814h4.8436c-.2086 1.125-.8427 2.0782-1.7959 2.7164v2.2581h2.9087c1.7018-1.5668 2.6836-3.874 2.6836-6.615z\"><\/path><path fill=\"#34A853\" d=\"M12 21c2.43 0 4.4673-.806 5.9564-2.1805l-2.9087-2.2581c-.8059.54-1.8368.859-3.0477.859-2.344 0-4.3282-1.5831-5.036-3.7104H3.9574v2.3318C5.4382 18.9832 8.4818 21 12 21z\"><\/path><path fill=\"#FBBC05\" d=\"M6.964 13.71c-.18-.54-.2822-1.1168-.2822-1.71s.1023-1.17.2823-1.71V7.9582H3.9573A8.9965 8.9965 0 0 0 3 12c0 1.4523.3477 2.8268.9573 4.0418L6.964 13.71z\"><\/path><path fill=\"#EA4335\" d=\"M12 6.5795c1.3214 0 2.5077.4541 3.4405 1.346l2.5813-2.5814C16.4632 3.8918 14.426 3 12 3 8.4818 3 5.4382 5.0168 3.9573 7.9582L6.964 10.29C7.6718 8.1627 9.6559 6.5795 12 6.5795z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><div class=\"nsl-button-label-container\">Continue with <b>Google<\/b><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/section>\r\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"What-Is-A-Chapter-And-Why-Use-Chapters\">What Is A Chapter? And Why Use Chapters?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>OK. You know what a chapter is.&nbsp;A chapter&nbsp;is&nbsp;generally the major&nbsp;(and often the only)&nbsp;sub-division to be found in a book or novel.&nbsp;It\u2019s marked, almost always,&nbsp;by a page break. The new chapter may be numbered or titled or even both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In terms of scale, some books will also be divided into parts. (Part 1 might include 10 chapters, and so on.) Individual chapters may have minor separation breaks indicated by an asterisk, or similar.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But you knew all that. More important is&nbsp;<em>why is a chapter<\/em>? Why have them? Why do books need or want them, even after the concept of an actual printed book has become a bit blurred out by e-books and audio books?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the answer is that any story has beats in it. Punctuation marks, in effect. Moments when the story \u2013 and the reader \u2013 want a moment\u2019s pause.&nbsp;So&nbsp;the question of how many words there ought to be in a chapter is really a question of: how much text should a reader be asked to read before you give them a break?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To answer that question, we need to figure out when a reader is likely to demand a pause.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"What-Is-The-Purpose-Of-A-Chapter\">What Is The Purpose Of A Chapter?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The purpose of a chapter is to allow the reader to pause, and those pauses are most essential when:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>There is a change of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/points-of-view-in-fiction-writing-with-plenty-of-examples\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">point-of-view<\/a>&nbsp;character<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There is a major change of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/how-to-write-scene\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">scene<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There is a major jump in time&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A major&nbsp;sequence of action has just been completed&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Put like that, it\u2019s kind of obvious why you need&nbsp;a pause.&nbsp;<em>You need a pause to avoid confusion<\/em>.&nbsp;If you simply continued from one paragraph to the next while implementing a major switch of&nbsp;character \/ time \/ place \/ action, the reader would be perplexed. They\u2019d need to read the section two or three times to figure it out, and that would (paradoxically) cause a weird slowdown in momentum.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The chapter break, in effect, tells the reader, \u201cOK, you need to hit the reset button and prepare for something a bit different. The story is continuing, but that last scene has now ended.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That convention means that as soon as the reader has flipped the page, they know to wipe the slate clean and prepare for some new&nbsp;scene to get going.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And that\u2019s also why you need to be a little bit careful here. You can\u2019t just say, \u201cOh, that scene was in a caf\u00e9, this one is in a street, that one is in a park, so we need a total of three chapters to handle all that.\u201d You need to use your judgement too. If the same pair of individuals simply wandered through a city, having a conversation about the same thing, it doesn\u2019t matter at all that the locations they pass through vary. The reader, correctly, regards that as a single unit of action.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If on the other hand, it\u2019s not just the scenery that changes, it\u2019s also the participants, their concerns and the type of action, you need to&nbsp;chop that sequence up into chapters accordingly.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"What-Is-The-Right-Word-Count-For-A-Chapter\">What Is The Right Word Count For A Chapter?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>With all that in mind, we can&nbsp;start to figure out how long our chapters ought to be. (Clue: it\u2019s your story that is going to govern this in the end. Your story, and your readers.)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But here, for example, are&nbsp;some famous novels, along with word counts and chapter lengths:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><em>A Suitable Boy<\/em><\/strong>, by Vikram Seth,&nbsp;592,000 words,&nbsp;19 chapter, average chapter length&nbsp;a totally insane&nbsp;31,000 words.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>A Game of Thrones<\/em><\/strong>, by George RR Martin,&nbsp;298,000 words, 60 chapters,&nbsp;average chapter length 4,970 words&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Twlight<\/em><\/strong>,&nbsp;by&nbsp;Stephenie&nbsp;Meyer, 118,000 words, 25 chapters, average chapter length 4,720.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>1984<\/em><\/strong>,&nbsp;by George Orwell,&nbsp;89,000 words, 24 chapters,&nbsp;average chapter length 3,700.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>The Amazing Adventures of&nbsp;Kavalier&nbsp;and Clay<\/em><\/strong>, by Michael Chabon,&nbsp;216,000 words. 75 chapters,&nbsp;average chapter length&nbsp;2,880 words.&nbsp;(Book is also divided into 7 parts.)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>The Fault in Our Stars,<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;by John Green,&nbsp;65,750 words,&nbsp;25 chapters, average chapter length 2,630.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Talking to the Dead,&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>by me \u2013 Harry Bingham \u2013 113,000 words, 49 chapters, average chapter length&nbsp;2,300 words.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>The Handmaid\u2019s Tale,&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>by Margaret Atwood,&nbsp;96,400 words,&nbsp;46 chapters, average chapter length 2,100.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Along Came A Spider<\/strong>, by James Patterson,&nbsp;106,000 words,&nbsp;97 chapters, average chapter length&nbsp;1,100.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You can pretty much forget the&nbsp;first of those examples \u2013 the Vikram Seth one. His book was almost boastfully extravagant in terms of length. That was its selling point, in a way, and it is such an outlier, you can discard it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Martin\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Game of Thrones<\/em>&nbsp;is epic fantasy fiction and its&nbsp;5,000 word&nbsp;chapter length pretty much benchmarks the very top end of normal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Likewise, Patterson, with his famously rapid-fire fiction, pretty much benchmarks the bottom end of normal. Most books (including, I discover, my own) lie in the 2,000 to&nbsp;4,000 word&nbsp;range.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"How-To-Figure-Out-What-Chapter-Length-Is-Right-For-You\">How To Figure Out What Chapter Length Is Right For You<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In truth, you won\u2019t really choose your chapter lengths. You\u2019ll write your story, and your story will insert its own natural breaks, as you change scene,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/points-of-view-fiction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">viewpoint<\/a>&nbsp;or whatever.&nbsp;But as you can begin to guess from the data in the previous section, the story you tell is likely to impose a varying set of chapter lengths on you. So, from smallest to biggest, here\u2019s&nbsp;what different stories are likely to need.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Very Short Chapters, Under 2,000 Words<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Fiction with very short chapters has a kind of jump-cut, fast-edited quality to it. It will work for action fiction, but even then, it\u2019ll work for the&nbsp;very fastest \u2013 and least reflective \u2013 action writing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>James Patterson is the huge&nbsp;benchmark of this type of fiction. You can\u2019t really get&nbsp;shorter, faster, snappier writing than his \u2026 and notice that his chapter length doesn\u2019t dip below 1,000 words (or not really. I expect that somewhere in his massive canon you\u2019ll find an exception.)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That means if your average chapter length falls below&nbsp;1,000 words, you are probably trying to cut too often \u2013 or that you haven\u2019t yet given enough weight and depth to the scenes you are telling. Remember that even action fiction needs space to&nbsp;make an impression.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Normal Chapters, 2,000 To 4,000 Words<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Just&nbsp;take a look&nbsp;at the list above. You\u2019ll notice an impressive range of fiction in this \u2018normal\u2019 range.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/how-to-learn-the-market-for-ya-fiction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">young adult fiction<\/a> (<em>Fault in Our Stars<\/em>). There\u2019s my own <a href=\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/tips-for-writing-crime-fiction-and-thrillers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">crime fiction<\/a>. There are a&nbsp;couple of absolute literary classics (<em>1984<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>The Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/em>).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other words, whether you\u2019re writing genre fiction, or literary,&nbsp;whether you\u2019re writing for adults or teenagers, chapter lengths in this broad range will strike the reader as normal, expected, nothing to be alarmed about.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Very Long Chapters, 4,000 To 5,000 Words<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re writing chapters that regularly exceed the&nbsp;4,000 word&nbsp;mark, you are, in effect, announcing to your reader that your story has a more than normal amount of heft and swagger.&nbsp;So&nbsp;George Martin\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Game of Thrones<\/em>&nbsp;announces its genuinely epic aspirations in part by&nbsp;those epically sized chapters.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For authors of epic<a href=\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/how-to-write-a-fantasy-novel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> fantasy<\/a>, long chapters will certainly work. The same probably goes for&nbsp;authors of some kings-n-queens type <a href=\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/how-to-write-historical-fiction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">historical fiction<\/a>.&nbsp;But this will be the exception. To most readers, most of the time, very long chapters will just feel \u2026 very long.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Chapter-Rhythms-Mixing-It-Up\">Chapter Rhythms: Mixing It Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>So&nbsp;far&nbsp;we\u2019ve&nbsp;spoken of average chapter lengths, which is all well and good. But you can have long ones and short ones, as well as plenty of middling ones.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shorter ones, especially, will&nbsp;mix up the rhythms of the rest and jolt the reader, in a useful way.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the longer end, I still wouldn\u2019t generally advise going over 5,000 words all that often. It\u2019s just a plot of text, and readers need to be able to put the book down now and again.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the shorter end, short can be very short. I\u2019ve quite often written chapters that are 500 words or so. (That\u2019s a page and a half or so of an ordinary paperback.) If you want to go to 300 words or even&nbsp;less, you can. All I\u2019d say is that the hyper-short chapter is a little bit of an attention-seeking device.&nbsp;You risk having the reader think about you the author, rather than the story you have placed in front of them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the story, of course, should always come first.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find out more about standard word counts,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/average-novel-wordcount\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/header-chapter-scene.jpg\" alt=\"header-how-long-chapters\" style=\"width:833px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"How-To-End-A-Chapter\">How To End A Chapter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Chapters end at natural breaks in your story. OK. We know that much. But you don\u2019t just want to stop&nbsp;abruptly. You want to give your reader a satisfying ending for the chunk they\u2019ve just read. Here are four great ways to end a chapter. They\u2019re not mutually exclusive, so you might use more than one technique in a single place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Symbolic Reversal<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/how-to-write-scene\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">scene<\/a> or chapter is there to tell its own&nbsp;mini-story, with its own <a href=\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/how-to-write-beginnings-middles-and-ends\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">beginning, middle and end<\/a>. And because stories are about change, scenes are about change too.&nbsp;So,&nbsp;a scene is typically based around some kind of story question, which is then resolved or changed by the end of the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One good way to end a chapter is to find a way to highlight or encapsulate the change that has just happened.&nbsp;So&nbsp;let\u2019s just say we have a proposal scene. Mark Manly has just gone down on one knee to propose marriage to Winona Winsome. He offers her a single red rose.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She says no. She rejects him.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s an argument. In the course of the argument, the rose is damaged.&nbsp;Winona&nbsp;marches out of the room.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The scene ends with Mark clutching a bare-rose, no petals. A sign of his failure.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m not sure that\u2019s a super-brilliant way to&nbsp;handle a non-proposal scene, but you see the point I\u2019m making. The&nbsp;rose comes to symbolise the hope at the start of the scene and the failure at the end.&nbsp;That\u2019s one nice way to handle things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Looking Back<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Alternatively, however, let\u2019s say that&nbsp;Winona says yes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And let\u2019s say that Mark has secretly loved Winona since he was an&nbsp;11-year-old&nbsp;boy, seeing her arrive in (um, I don\u2019t know) a skiff, a carriage, a hot air balloon outside his castle.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The triumph with which our current scene ends \u2013 she said yes! she said yes! \u2013 could be a reason to <a href=\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/how-to-include-backstory-in-your-novel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">look back to the past<\/a>, to that 11-year-old boy, and the long trials and tribulations of his love.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Again, a closing paragraph that<a href=\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/what-is-a-fictional-flashback\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> looks back to the past<\/a> could be a nice way to end the chapter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Looking Forward<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s twist the lens again.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Winona wants to marry Mark, yes, but the Dark Lord of&nbsp;Boundercad&nbsp;Hall has sworn to enslave her. He is coming&nbsp;for Winona&nbsp;that evening&nbsp;accompanied by (oh, I don\u2019t know) twenty mounted troops and a very scary parrot.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So now, terrific, the&nbsp;intrepid&nbsp;couple see the prospect of&nbsp;infinite wedded bliss \u2013 but only if they can figure out a way to escape the clutches of the Dark Lord.&nbsp;So&nbsp;this chapter would naturally end with a look&nbsp;to the future.&nbsp;A glance up to the brooding presence of&nbsp;Boundercad&nbsp;Hall. Or&nbsp;a mention of the sound of horses being saddled, or a scary parrot squawking.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That hint of the future isn\u2019t a&nbsp;cliffhanger, exactly, but it&nbsp;reminds the reader that big things are on the point of being decided.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Looking Sideways<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have a dual-protagonist drama, then scenes&nbsp;(and chapters) will&nbsp;naturally switch from&nbsp;Person A to Person B and back again.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So&nbsp;let\u2019s say, instead of a proposal scene, Mark and&nbsp;Winona&nbsp;are&nbsp;planning to elope. We\u2019ve just&nbsp;had a chapter with&nbsp;Winona&nbsp;buckling on a sword, preparing her horse,&nbsp;saying farewell to&nbsp;her beloved three-legged cat. And now \u2013 the chapter ends. She\u2019s ready for her night of adventure, but what about Mark?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You don\u2019t have to make that question over\u2013explicit&nbsp;in a chapter ending. (In fact, too explicit, and it\u2019ll sound weak.)&nbsp;All you need to do is prompt the idea in&nbsp;the reader, as subtly as you like.&nbsp;So&nbsp;your chapter might end. \u201cShe was ready.&nbsp;All that mattered now was that Mark would be on that ferry.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Again, that\u2019s not really a&nbsp;cliffhanger, but it switches the story question from Winona to Mark. The reader will now think, \u201cJeepers. Yes! What about Mark?\u201d and they\u2019ll be all prepped for a scene where we see Mark facing some obstacle to getting on the ferry&nbsp;in time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Classic Cliffhanger<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You might think it\u2019s odd that I\u2019ve left the classic&nbsp;cliffhanger&nbsp;scene to last \u2026 and that\u2019s because such things are quite rare and usually quite crass.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The very first example \u2013 where the term came from, in fact&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;was Thomas Hardy\u2019s&nbsp;<em>A Pair of Blue Eyes<\/em>, and it\u2019s terrible. (<a href=\"https:\/\/lessaccurategrandmother.blogspot.com\/2018\/03\/is-thomas-hardy-responsible-for-cliffhangers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See here for more<\/a>.) It\u2019s terrible, because the chapter ends with a man hanging (thoughtfully,&nbsp;calmly) by his fingertips from a cliff \u2026 and the next chapter starts with the&nbsp;exact same person hanging (still calmly) by his fingertips in the exact same spot and the exact same situation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, the badness of the Hardy scene reminds us that chapter breaks belong where stories have their natural breaks. There probably are good examples of the classic&nbsp;cliffhanger, but really, not many. For the most part, techniques 1-4 or some variant thereon will do you better.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s it from me. Have fun with your chapters \u2013 and, as ever, happy writing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019ve started your book. You\u2019re brimming with ideas. You start hammering away at your text. And then \u2013 you hit a pause.&nbsp; So now what?&nbsp; Do you create a page break and start a new chapter? Or do you just do the three little asterisk&nbsp;thing? Or just crash straight on?&nbsp; And what if your chapters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":448962,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[29047],"class_list":["post-154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-novel-writing","tag-unwcpop1"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jericho Writers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Read our expert tips on how to structure chapters, for all your fiction-writing needs. A one-stop-shop for advice on length and more.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/how-long-should-a-chapter-be\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How Long Should A Chapter Be? | Jericho Writers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Read our expert tips on how to structure chapters, for all your fiction-writing needs. A one-stop-shop for advice on length and more.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/how-long-should-a-chapter-be\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Jericho Writers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jerichowriters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-11-12T08:19:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-12T12:38:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wide-book.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"913\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"685\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jericho Writers\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@JerichoWriters\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@JerichoWriters\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jericho Writers\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"11 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Article\",\"BlogPosting\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/how-long-should-a-chapter-be\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/how-long-should-a-chapter-be\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jericho Writers\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/#\/schema\/person\/6baf4bec883183f72ea87d54e8e7b9b3\"},\"headline\":\"How Long Should A Chapter Be?\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-12T08:19:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-12T12:38:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/how-long-should-a-chapter-be\/\"},\"wordCount\":2726,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/how-long-should-a-chapter-be\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wide-book.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"unwcpop1\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Novel writing\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/how-long-should-a-chapter-be\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/how-long-should-a-chapter-be\/\",\"name\":\"How Long Should A Chapter Be? | Jericho Writers\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/how-long-should-a-chapter-be\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/how-long-should-a-chapter-be\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wide-book.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-12T08:19:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-12T12:38:48+00:00\",\"description\":\"Read our expert tips on how to structure chapters, for all your fiction-writing needs. A one-stop-shop for advice on length and more.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/how-long-should-a-chapter-be\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/how-long-should-a-chapter-be\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/how-long-should-a-chapter-be\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wide-book.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wide-book.jpg\",\"width\":913,\"height\":685,\"caption\":\"how-long-should-a-chapter-be\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/how-long-should-a-chapter-be\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How Long Should A Chapter Be?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/\",\"name\":\"Jericho Writers\",\"description\":\"Getting you published\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Jericho Writers\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cropped-footer-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cropped-footer-logo.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Jericho Writers\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jerichowriters\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/JerichoWriters\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jerichowriters\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/jericho-writers\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCcs1qhjwLR6bQYDR2x3PbOw\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/#\/schema\/person\/6baf4bec883183f72ea87d54e8e7b9b3\",\"name\":\"Jericho Writers\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/7517483dd9bf37ab1cc21ebc33157ef5.jpg?ver=1775064528\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/7517483dd9bf37ab1cc21ebc33157ef5.jpg?ver=1775064528\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/7517483dd9bf37ab1cc21ebc33157ef5.jpg?ver=1775064528\",\"caption\":\"Jericho Writers\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/author\/2\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Jericho Writers","description":"Read our expert tips on how to structure chapters, for all your fiction-writing needs. A one-stop-shop for advice on length and more.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/how-long-should-a-chapter-be\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"How Long Should A Chapter Be? | Jericho Writers","og_description":"Read our expert tips on how to structure chapters, for all your fiction-writing needs. A one-stop-shop for advice on length and more.","og_url":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/how-long-should-a-chapter-be\/","og_site_name":"Jericho Writers","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jerichowriters","article_published_time":"2020-11-12T08:19:38+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-05-12T12:38:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":913,"height":685,"url":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wide-book.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jericho Writers","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@JerichoWriters","twitter_site":"@JerichoWriters","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jericho Writers","Estimated reading time":"11 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":["Article","BlogPosting"],"@id":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/how-long-should-a-chapter-be\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/how-long-should-a-chapter-be\/"},"author":{"name":"Jericho Writers","@id":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/#\/schema\/person\/6baf4bec883183f72ea87d54e8e7b9b3"},"headline":"How Long Should A Chapter Be?","datePublished":"2020-11-12T08:19:38+00:00","dateModified":"2025-05-12T12:38:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/how-long-should-a-chapter-be\/"},"wordCount":2726,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/how-long-should-a-chapter-be\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wide-book.jpg","keywords":["unwcpop1"],"articleSection":["Novel writing"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/how-long-should-a-chapter-be\/","url":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/how-long-should-a-chapter-be\/","name":"How Long Should A Chapter Be? | Jericho Writers","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/how-long-should-a-chapter-be\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/how-long-should-a-chapter-be\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wide-book.jpg","datePublished":"2020-11-12T08:19:38+00:00","dateModified":"2025-05-12T12:38:48+00:00","description":"Read our expert tips on how to structure chapters, for all your fiction-writing needs. A one-stop-shop for advice on length and more.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/how-long-should-a-chapter-be\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/how-long-should-a-chapter-be\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/how-long-should-a-chapter-be\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wide-book.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/wide-book.jpg","width":913,"height":685,"caption":"how-long-should-a-chapter-be"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/how-long-should-a-chapter-be\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How Long Should A Chapter Be?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/","name":"Jericho Writers","description":"Getting you published","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/#organization","name":"Jericho Writers","url":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cropped-footer-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/cropped-footer-logo.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Jericho Writers"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jerichowriters","https:\/\/x.com\/JerichoWriters","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jerichowriters\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/jericho-writers\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCcs1qhjwLR6bQYDR2x3PbOw"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/#\/schema\/person\/6baf4bec883183f72ea87d54e8e7b9b3","name":"Jericho Writers","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/7517483dd9bf37ab1cc21ebc33157ef5.jpg?ver=1775064528","url":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/7517483dd9bf37ab1cc21ebc33157ef5.jpg?ver=1775064528","contentUrl":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/7517483dd9bf37ab1cc21ebc33157ef5.jpg?ver=1775064528","caption":"Jericho Writers"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/jerichowriters.com"],"url":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/author\/2\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":792129,"href":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154\/revisions\/792129"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}