I always figured that the last quarter of Switch was ripe for reduction. Now that I'm in the back half, I find that I was correct. I just rewrote a fifteen-page chapter, and ended up cutting it to six pages. Took out a minor character, an unimportant sub-plot, another plot point I didn't really do anything with, and tightened it up to flow much better. Unfortunately, it's a stub chapter now and is bizarrely shorter than the others.
So I can either combine it with a later (or earlier) chapter, or I can leave it alone, or I can chop up some of the other chapters. Frankly, I wonder if chopping up other chapters isn't the answer, since I always wonder where to do chapter breaks.
I always do it by feel - if it feels like a break, then I do. Some chapters will cover multiple days, while others just one continuous scene. I always wonder if I have a good feel for it or not.
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