You shouldn't worry about word counts.

Just pick a single story beat you want to hit in your lore and write until you feel the story is told.

Everything else is secondary. 

9 hours ago, Lathe Biosas said:

You shouldn't worry about word counts.

 

Just pick a single story beat you want to hit in your lore and write until you feel the story is told.

 

Everything else is secondary. 

 

Exactly. Write the way you choose. People seem to be enjoying mine, though I've not added to it for a little due to life getting in the way. Have a look at the link in my sig. You'll see I write both longer and shorter pieces. 

I think the best advice I can give is similar to @Lathe Biosas and just write until you hit that point when either your story or chapter has hit the right note.

EDIT: Or don't. Looks like sigs don't show up in quotes, haha. Try this instead: The building uprising on Prawa V

I'd read your stuff