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How big do you, as a reader, like chapters to be in a multi-part story?
#poll
1,000-3,000 words
3,000-5,000 words
5,000- 7,000 words
7,000- 10,000 words
AS LONG AS POSSIBLE
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Anonymous 17w

anything under 1000 is hard to stay invested in 😭

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Anonymous 17w

whatever is good for that chapter and story in regards to what’s happening and pacing tbh

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Anonymous 17w

anything under 5k per chapter seems very short and unpolished to me idk. oneshots should be at least 10k

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 17w

I agree. There was this one fic I was reading back in 2020 and the author would consistently post chapters under 1,000 words. Plot would just be starting and BOOM. Chapter ended

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