What Is The Right Length For a Chapter?

New writers invariably get around to asking me the same question:

"What is the right length for a chapter?"

So let's dig into this in a little bit of detail and figure out the answer!



Let me just preface everything I say in this article with "In the case of my style of writing..." That should drive the point home that I'm not trying to establish any "rules" I think people should follow.
For me, chaptering is a tool that serves at least four different purposes, and sometimes each at the same time....