What is a good length for a fanfiction?

-General guidelines are 3k to 5k per chapter. This is for fics that you know are getting updated regularly. If it’s a one-shot, the word limit can be anything from fifty words to thousands.

What ship has the most fanfiction?

Destiel is, as far as I can tell from the stats, the biggest ship on AO3 overall, with over 90,000 fics total.

How long should the first chapter of a fanfic be?

If you do want to go by word count instead, generally speaking when this question comes up on the blog the consensus is somewhere in the 3-5K range with some people preferring shorter and some people preferring longer.

What is considered a long fanfiction?

Longfic is a term in the fannish community that refers to a long fanfic. Longfics usually have multiple chapters and more complex plots. “Epic-length” fanfiction or “epics” may or may not be considered a category distinct from longfic. If the two categories are distinguished, epic-length works are longer than longfic.

What is the best length for fanfiction?

Fanfiction in shorter lengths has grown in popularity while the minimum length for something to be called a Big Bang has been shrinking to as little as 10,000 words. There are even communities dedicated to ultra-short forms, such as 1sentence. However many fans enjoy longer stories more than short ones.

How long is a novella or short story?

In this post, we’ll show you how long a novella, novelette, and short story are — and reveal the word counts for popular examples of all three. But if all you’re after is a quick answer, here they are: Novella: 17,500 – 40,000 words. Novelette: 7,700 – 17,500 words. Short Story: Less than 7,500 words.

What are the different classifications of fanfiction?

Classifications 1 Big Bang 2 Chaptered Story (see also WIP) 3 Commentfic 4 Drabble and Double-Drabble 5 Epic 6 Ficlet 7 Flashfic 8 Longfic 9 Long Story 10 Novel

Why has fanfiction changed over the years?

Some of these terms have changed in meaning overtime, partly due to fannish drift, but also partly as a response to technological change. Fanfiction in shorter lengths has grown in popularity while the minimum length for something to be called a Big Bang has been shrinking to as little as 10,000 words.

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