Quality Vs Quantity
What are your thoughts?
When I read, I prefer quality writing. I don't get hung over the word count per chapter, just as long as the story is moving along or something interesting is happening between the characters. I mean, who wants to read a whole five paragraphs about a character's morning routine, where you learn nothing about them other than the fact that they wake up like everyone else. I think I know how to wash my face and brush my teeth, hmmm.
In the early years, I used to get self-conscious about my updates because readers wanted long chapters, but they also want good grammer, but then I also needed time to profread, but they want me to update faster, and blah blah blah. I was overwhelmed. In the last couple years, I write whatever flows, ignorning the word count, because as long the chapter feels complete to me, I can feel good about it. Currently, I enjoy writing shorter chapters for my newer fics (less than 3k). I update more frequently, and I feel like I have more time to work on my longer stories.
I created two polls, but it's not letting me add a second, so I'll post the links to both:
For readers: https://www.asianfanfics.com/poll/aff_view/134676
For writers: https://www.asianfanfics.com/poll/aff_view/134675
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