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Some of my favorite Frank Herbert books go 70 pages between chapters. All the James Patterson books go 2-3 pages between chapterseach chapter.

I know non=fictionnon-fiction uses chapters to help navigate, which means chapters are dictated by the related content. What are the purposes of having extremely short chapters? Does it actually do anything for the overall reading experience?

Some of my favorite Frank Herbert books go 70 pages between chapters. All the James Patterson books go 2-3 pages between chapters.

I know non=fiction uses chapters to help navigate, which means chapters are dictated by the related content. What are the purposes of having extremely short chapters? Does it actually do anything for the overall reading experience?

Some of my favorite Frank Herbert books go 70 pages between chapters. All the James Patterson books go 2-3 pages between each chapter.

I know non-fiction uses chapters to help navigate, which means chapters are dictated by the related content. What are the purposes of having extremely short chapters? Does it actually do anything for the overall reading experience?

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Why Use Excessively Short Chapters?

Some of my favorite Frank Herbert books go 70 pages between chapters. All the James Patterson books go 2-3 pages between chapters.

I know non=fiction uses chapters to help navigate, which means chapters are dictated by the related content. What are the purposes of having extremely short chapters? Does it actually do anything for the overall reading experience?