Last night should have put me over 80,000 words. With my planned deletions among future scenes, that means I should be a little past the halfway point of my first draft.

Whoo! Go you! Halfway is awesome.

I've gotten into mid Chapter 16 now. That puts me at 93,000 words. Getting there.

Chapter 16 is slow but interesting to write. My 3rd person limited perspective is on a new and very different character will a different outlook on things. That character is interacting with the character who had been the central character in chapters 1-12 and 15. And they don't speak a common language. Then there is the intimate scene in the chapter. There are only two of those in the whole story. I guess I'll see how that goes. Also, I don't think I'm taking full advantage of the new perspective, but that's what revision is for I suppose.

About how long do you want your chapters? I'm never sure, myself.

My chapters are ending up around 5000 - 6000 words though I'm just breaking where it seems like a good place for a break or where there is an obvious break in the story. Chapter 15 was only around 1000 words though as there was no logical way to put it into another chapter.

Gud, break your chapters a page or two after the obvious scene ender. You want your reader reluctant to put the book down. Don't tie a bow on a chapter for them, make them read on!

That sounds like a good idea. Not many chapters really leave things wrapped up, but I'll have to remember that when revising and see if I need to shift some endings around.

I'm in the middle of writing the intimate scene in Chapter 16 so, of course, I'm getting bombarded by interruptions.

I finished up Chapter 16 somehow last night. That puts me at 95k words. Chapter 17 will be a short one so maybe tonight I can crank it out. Chapter 18 should be fun to write it will be the only chapter in which to story is told from the perspective of the most interesting character in the story.