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The obvious solution that comes to mind is to write along a smooth fitness curve, where at any given point you have a valid book.
This is probably not a good idea, but might be worth trying.
I wonder how one would do that for works of fiction, where half of a work of fiction is not a work of fiction that's half as long.
By not writing in chronological order: Start with a brief plot summary, then just start filling in details in random places. When a section grows to long for a single chapter, split it in half, etc.
Ah. That method would be workable for people who write from an outline, assuming they don't end up changing it too much along the way, but very unworkable for many writers.
Maybe writing is different from every other form of art I know of, but if it isn't if you want to be a good author you really should learn to write both with and without outline, and both how to stick with it and how to be flexible about it, at will. Not until you have tried all the combination can you really tell which works best for you in the long run, as opposed to which you happened to learn first due to historical accident or the like.