Independent publisher · Lake City, Colorado Est. 1996

Chapter balance

Splits a manuscript on its chapter headings and charts the length of each one, so the shape of the book is visible at a glance.

The manuscript
Anything before the first marker is treated as front matter and left out of the chart.
Chapter by chapter

Paste a manuscript to see its shape.

The shape
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Chapters
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Average words
Total wordsAfter the first marker0
Longest
Shortest
EvennessHow close the chapters run to each other
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