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Each chapter is as long as you want it to be -- you're the writer! You put in as many words as you need to explain the first scene or scenes in your book.

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The number of words in the first chapter of a novel can vary widely depending on the author's writing style and the specific novel. On average, a novel chapter can range from 1500 to 5000 words.

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It is generally recommended that a chapter contain around 5,000 words. There really is no hard and fast rule regarding how many pages a chapter should contain.

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