Is it acceptable to pace my chapters in terms of an event? Can I get away with a 4 page chapter here, and a 30 page chapter there?
Are there any reason why I should or should not be sticking to a specific page range for my chapters?
I basically just don't know what I should be doing with my chapters, and even if something I do is "acceptable", I don't want to piss off any readers.
I've seen the posts here and here and here, but I could not find the answers I am looking for.
The posts linked above highlight a typical word count for a chapter and mention that chapters should end when a scene is over, but for clarity, I want to know if it's all right that a chapter ends if a scene is super quick, rather than doing the technique of "line break, line break, asterisks, line break, line break" etc. kind of thing to break up events.
I don't want to fluff up my chapters because I feel like that's really frustrating and unnecessary. Sometimes, a scene is only 8 pages.
Is that okay? Why or why not?
Thanks guys.