Small chapters for faster reading
I these days, people have less time to read. Most of us can't sit down, 4 hours in a row, to read. Our reading will be sparse. We like to read, but we'll read 4 or 5 pages here, another 3 or 4 pages there, etc.
Many people will read before sleeping. They will read 10, 15 or 20 pages. Reading needs to be planned like any other tasks we have to do daily.
Personally I like books with small chapters or books with pauses in chapters. I need it because I hate to lose track of my readings. If a book is wrote with small chapters, between 5 and 10 pages, or have pauses (2 carriage returns), I'll be able to read them in minutes. Then, I'll be able to read these short chapters between other daily tasks.
If I check the chapter I'm starting to read and see that he have 75 pages, I'll certainly not start it for a 15 of 20 minutes of reading. Then I'll wait until I'll have the time to read it. It's rare that I'll have the time to read 75 pages in a row during a normal week of work. Then, the result will be that I'll read less during this week.
Otherwise, if I'm starting to read and see that the chapter have 10 pages, I'll be able to read it somewhere between two daily tasks. The result will be a greater reading time because I'll be able to more effectively plan the reading of these small chapters with my other daily task.
I don't think that I’m alone in this situation. Our world is changing and I think that authors will need to take this new fact in count when they will write their books. They will need to write smaller chapters to give their readers more flexibility to read their books. I think that authors like John Grisham understand this new need.
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