So a few things you want to consider are what kind of pace do I want my story to have?

Like what kind of effect do I want to have on the reader?

For example, shorter scenes create a faster pace.

And this is why you'll see in some mysteries and thrillers, the scene length is pretty short.

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Joe Larkin, and he says, do you have a general rule of thumb for how long a scene should be?

I think this is a really great question and something really important to consider. So in general,

I recommend keeping your scenes between 1,000 and 2,000 words with the sweet spot really being around

that 1,500 word mark. And that's because 1,500 words is just long enough that you can have something

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