#wc 50k to 75k

[dojunie]

dojun wip update with snippets...!

→ swimming for dummies; ljn

current wc: 30k

est finished wc: possibly 40k… and… and i’m already working on a part 2…

info update: in my top 3 as far as writing priority goes, stuck in a mental block with the last scene before the ‘ending’ (also possible retitle incoming lol)

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→ misdial; ljn

current wc: 58k

est finished wc: 70k-75k

info update: again, very big writers block, i’m realizing that i don’t actually like the current trajectory of this plot so im struggling between rewriting it completely or trying to fandangle what i DO like about it into a something that makes more realistic sense

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→ misdial, the lake house; njm

current wc: 24k

est finished wc: 35K

info update: high prio! i’m having fun writing this so it’s coming to me easier. no current writers block, just a little hard to sit down and concentrate…

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→ courtside; ljn or njm (itwd retitle/rewrite)

current wc: 61k

est finished wc: 80k-90k

info update: still my pride and joy. this is not coming any time soon LOL, but i am actually having a lot of fun with this one too… struggling between maybe posting the first chapter and seeing how it does (but worrying about people getting bored waiting between updates…) or sucking it up and waiting to post it only until its completely finished (which will be in 2026 by this rate…)

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and, secretly, a new contender to the board…

→ overnight gamer; ldh

current wc: 31k

est finished wc: girl idk. rough ballpark, 50k, but that sounds like wishful thinking even to me

info update: not really an update bc i’ve never posted about this on here before but here is half the reason i’ve been so slow with working on everything else… hello, gamer haechan brainrot!

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authors note: so! hello my friends :D i've been mia for a little bit because every time i go away for a while i get nervous to come back LOL but... i've been writing! so i thought it might be nice to post a little update so you all don't think i've died or anything

[prettybbychim]

below the cut is me freaking out over how much writing i've done lately and it includes word counts, and i know from experience seeing others talk about their progress and word counts can be upsetting if u tend to compare yourself like i do. plus its kinda long and i don't want it clogging up feeds and such lol

bro okay so i have a separate gdoc of deleted content from superfluous (furina x neuv x wrio fic) and its just full of shit that i took out either bc it didn't fit or i went another direction. i don't want to delete anything for real in case it comes in handy later (and it has come in handy quite a few times already)

the thing that blows my tiny mind is that it currently sits at 23k words. that's absolutely insane to me when u compare it to the published fic's word count of 28k

i've written twice the amount of the published content that's wild wtf

i look at the published wc like ah i haven't done all that much have i when i got twice as much shit waiting for me on the backburner

in comparison, i was working on a bts fic for a couple years and it's unfinished at 23k

and now i've plopped out 51k in three months for one fic. the unpublished zhongchi is at 15k and i was working on it at the same time as the first chapter of superfluous. plus about 10k-ish in random drabbles and thought bubbles and two bts fics from events/exchanges i never finished

it took me 10 years to write 50k for my original novel and now i've done about 75k in half a fucking year

what changed u may ask?? i got off an antidepressant i started when i was a pre-teen. i wasn't even all the way through the withdrawals when i started writing again. at that point, i hadn't done anything in 3 years

it's just unbelievable to me how much i can actually achieve like idk if anyone can understand where i'm coming from like i don't do this, i never do this, i never finished shit, i hardly got halfway before giving up, and now i'm on track to finish a multi-chapter fic in 5 months (if i continue at the rate that i am that is)

i'm not foolish enough to believe its permanent. i can drop off tomorrow and never start again but i'm having fun and i can't remember the last time i experienced genuine enjoyment and satisfaction from something i did

[lemonsorbae]

Dean/Cas Fic Rec:

Crossroads State - Mercy

Word Count: ~51,000 Rating: R

Summary: Castiel has a nice predictable structured life teaching high school, even if he happens to be overqualified for it. Then this guy moves in around the corner and literally knocks him on his ass.

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[bnha-ficlibrary]

Bluebird

Title: Bluebird

Author: EtherealBeing

Rating: Explicit

Word Count: 53,108

Status: Complete

Summary:

Dialing a wrong number was no unusual occurrence. Everyone did it once in a while, and Katsuki was well aware of that fact.

However, possessing this knowledge made it no less aggravating for him to discover — a full two minutes into his rant about his day — that he’d been venting his frustrations to a complete stranger. As if that wasn't enough, said stranger was also inexplicably determined to hear his story to its end.

[kohakhearts]

how do you have the patience to write so much? after 2000 words im just like "im BORED i don't want to write anymore". how do you pace yourself, over the course of days or all in one day?

tbh it’s mostly just practice!! i started writing in my free time in elementary school, then got really serious about it when i was in, like, grade six and tbh at the time i was pretty slow. my biggest issue was that i would, like, edit as i wrote b/c i’d always learned quality > quantity ! now, when i write, unless i’ve forgotten where i left off, i won’t even read over the stuff i’ve written already. always save that stuff for the end ! it makes for better editing and overall smoother writing, in my experience.

also, i apply the study habits i have haha which aren’t that great admittedly aha buT when i actually do use these skills, they help a lot ! i’d recommend using a timer like forest (i have the app on my phone and it is literally a godsend for homework and writing). my worst distraction is social media, so if i can block tumblr/twitter for an hour or two, i’m forced to focus on what i’m doing. sometimes writing just doesn’t, like, work, but you can always force yourself to do it anyway!! (also, if you have a phone with a do not disturb option, that setting is literally my best friend 100/10 would recommend using it a lot.)

other good writing tips i can offer: listen to good music, get a change in scenery if you’re feeling stuck at all, bouncing ideas with friends is the best way to come out of a scene block, and writing things that you like is the best way to write a lot. i can’t stress that last one enough tbh. i write the most self-indulgent fics ever haha and it makes me really want to write, even when i’ve been at it for hours.

but above all, i’d just say make sure you’re not comparing yourself to other people!! your progress is still good, even if you feel like it takes you more time than other people to write the same amount or anything like that. just remember: skills or talents are just habits, and you can only improve on them if you practice!

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I read too many fics

Take them

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Word Count tags: 1k+, 15k+ 30k+, 50k+, 75k+, 100k+, 150k+, 200k+

Ex. #WC 30k+

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I do take fic recs! Feel free to send them through an Ask, I’ll handle any formatting and all that, but if you’d like to give your opinion go for it :D

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I use the tag: ‘#major angst’ for fics with especially rough angst!

[gnarf]

hello :) i noticed you have been rec-ing fics recently and was wondering if you could recommend some +50k word possibly 8th year drarry or something like fake dating or general post war? sorry if this is too much to ask😊🖤

Dear nonnie, sorry this took me so long...

I don't often read 50k (and up) works, since I simply don't have the time and energy for it. So I asked at the discord, and they delivered, oh god did they deliver...

Here have a list of fics that are 50k and up, I hope there aren't any twice on it, and that my brain didn't mess up the numbers of the wc once again 😅

Let's start with a Drarry rec list by @mirimora!

Take the Air by dysonrules, 51k

The Claiming of Grimmauld Place by bixgirl1, 74k

What we pretend we can't see by gyzym, 131k

A Big Black Sky by AlexMeg, 90k

Harry Potter and the Future He Doesn't Really Want, Thanks. by Seefin, 70k

Here's The Pencil, Make It Work by ignatiustrout, 49k

A Lick and a Promise by tackytiger, 55k

The Boy Who Only Lived Twice by lettered, 54k

Dwelling by aideomai, 83k

The Drarry Big Bang, a fest dedicated to fics 50k and up: Masterlist on tumblr!

Exceeds Eggspectations by Elle Gray (LGray),61k

The Nightmare Club by Elle Gray (LGray), 85k

Dear Mrs. Malfoy by LaLionne (otayuriistheliteralbest), 53k

To Live, or Just Exist - That is the Question by Drarrelie, 96k

Turn by Saras_Girl, 306k

All Our Secrets Laid Bare by firethesound, 149k

Tea and No Sympathy by who_la_hoop, 70k

At Your Service by Faith Wood (faithwood), 95k

The Light More Beautiful by firethesound, 81k

Written on the Heart by who_la_hoop, 114k

The Devil's White Knight, orphan_account, 64k

Reparations by Saras_Girl, 87k

Any Instrument by dicta_contrion, 131k

Lessons in Humility by playout, 86k

We Are Young (I'll Carry You Home Tonight) by Femme (femmequixotic), 68k

Balance, Imperfect by bixgirl1, 91k

Silver Soul by dracoismytrashson (JGogoboots), 75k

Hidden in Plain Sight by momatu, 56k

Soup-pocalypse and The Great Curry Cataclysm by SquadOfCats, 104k

Malfoy Child by Vorabiza (Biza), 94k

The Sleeping Beauty Curse by who_la_hoop, 152k

Chains of Earth by Dyson rules, 89k

The Man Who Lived by sebastianL (felix_atticus), 253k

Must Love Quidditch Chapter 1 by dracosoftie, 103k

[kentonwrites]

NaNoWriMo Update #1

Every week this November I'm planning to post an update (usually Monday EST, sometimes Tuesday) on my NaNo progress.

Here are the cold Stats:

Project: Hiemal

WC Before NaNo: 26k

Current WC: 35.5k

Total Words Written: 9.5k

Words Behind: 2k

I still have yet to do my writing session for 11/8, but I'm expecting I'll probably catch up. While I am (sort-of) on track for 50k, I did modify my goal recently to reach 30k. This would finish "part 2" of the novel and keep me mentally stable. Besides, after the drought of the past two months, having 9.5k new words feels amazing.

I do still have my constant paralyzing suspicion that I'm massively underwriting this draft but I'm letting it go by the wayside--I can fix it in editing. Will it take months upon months? Maybe. But I know that if I stall my NaNo progress to fine-tune the pacing of every scene, I won't reach my goal. The writing is going very well on some days and poorly on others, but all in all I'm happy with the direction of the book.

It's definitely ending up more experimental than I had anticipated before, especially in terms of diction and grammar/style choice. I think, guys, that this is a literary fiction piece...

My MC, Torr, is also going off in a direction I hadn't foreseen. In my original draft 4-so years ago and every subsequent iteration (until now), Torr was definitely a very internal character with most of the conflict portrayed through her deteriorating mental state/paranoia/existential angst. In this draft, though, I'm finding that she's becoming way more physically capable that I'd envisioned. To be clear, all of the original internal turbulence/angst is still present, and I think I've actually improved on it a bit, but now I'm writing scenes where she's kicking ass and standing up for herself and it's...so amazing. I don't think I've ever in my entire life felt more connected to one of my characters than to Torr. I'm super excited for if/when people read her during the CP/beta phase.

I've written 34 chapters so far and have around 31 left (the chapter sequence from my last update has changed a little, and will likely continue to). My goal for the end of the first draft is 75k, and I roughly estimate to add around 10k in revisions.

I haven't read over ANYTHING that I've written so far this NaNo (which is probably for the best since I'd probably lose motivation instantly)...but I'm going to plunge back into the document to find some excerpts. Cut to me abandoning the project.

Excerpts

From chapter 31, "Viral"

I was sick for three more days, each more intense than the last. Hours spent on the front porch retching into the snow and full-body numbness. The stars churned and I woke with my cheek ice-fused to the porch and my tea frozen in its mug. Nik came in the mornings with steaming towels and toast and I was slumped under all of his bedclothes and mine, but sometimes in the night I’d kick them off and tighten myself against the wind and think about how much the human mind and body can endure and who designed a world that so properly nurtured and brutalized them.

From chapter 34, "Four Bookkeepers," in which Torr muses about an escape attempt:

I braced for the journey. Nik and I locked side by side to the floor of the trailer with two tons of lumber on our ribs. Henry said he’d pull over at the bridge, when the line of sight was well cut off, and roll the cargo off of us so we could ride in the cab with him. He said it would take five minutes. I imagined him hauling my body forth, sticky with sap and gasping for breath, like a rebirth. I hoped the metaphor was worth the five minutes of suffocation and the cracked sternum.

I checked for like 20 minutes and everything else is too spoilery, sorry!

I'll be back in a week to update my progress. Happy NaNo'ing!

[songofsaraneth]

i guess i’ve been doing NaNoWriMo for long enough that the excitement/energy has worn off. i’m over 46k and it’s just kinda like, yeah, ok, i can write my words tonight & tomorrow and make it. idk its just weird to have 50k be an Achievable Number with like, effort every day, but not undue effort, especially since i’ve been spreading it out across multiple stories rather than one cohesive work. i think the multiple projects thing has been good for me in terms of being something i can Realistically do with my current job, and it was a good switch to make a few years ago to get me to finish all the projects i Said I Would. but i think i’m gonna switch back to a Single Narrative instead next time. While they’re much more frustrating i think it was also more fun. it’s that or up the word count goal but i don’t think upping the WC will feel as satisfying unless I SUBSTANTIALLY increase it to at least 75k. anyway. thoughts for next year i guess (and procrastination on the current writing for now... i do like all my words after midnight these days, RIP)

actually now that i’ve been thinking about it, definitely a big part rn is also the lack of people around me also doing it. when i wrote Fynding while living in England, there was a whole set of people who also were doing NaNo, and I got to go to meetups and chats and etc, and it was just really really nice. And before that there were other people doing it at my college, and when I started it back at the start of high school, a ton of my internet friends also participated, so we were all talking about our writing/word war-ing/etc. this year, a couple of the old internet NaNo group started it, but w/ various life things i think i’m the only one left going for it.

anyway. maybe the answer is next year, if i’ve managed to find a job, maybe it’ll be in a place I can get together with people again. i really liked the accountability of the in-person meetups. but at least according to the site there’s no one else in my town who’s actively participating, so the nearest groups are 2 hours away and in a different state (and the nearest definitely active group is 4 hours in the Salt Lake area).

anyway! don’t get me wrong i’m still proud of what i’ve gotten done this year and i’m glad that finishing seems so easily do-able (when in 2014 i was 10k behind with 3 days left and just had this last minute rush where I wrote furiously the whole time and on the last day ended up with 7k words for the day/54k total). but! thinkin ahead already I guess.

[rosegoldrebels-archive]

Chapters: 4/4 Fandom: Supernatural Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Castiel/Dean Winchester, Jessica Moore/Sam Winchester, Gabriel/Kali (Supernatural) Characters: Castiel, Dean Winchester, Gabriel (Supernatural), Sam Winchester, Charlie Bradbury, Garth Fitzgerald IV, Ruby (Supernatural), Meg Masters, Jessica Moore Additional Tags: Disney World & Disneyland, Slow Build, Angst, Fluff and Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Depression, Anxiety, Anxiety Attacks, Homophobia, Internalized Homophobia, Bad Parenting, Community: deancasbigbang, DCBB14 Summary: Castiel is directionless, depressed, and working in one of the worst possible places to be so—Disneyland Park. Seeing hundreds of excited people every day, trying to smile for the customers, and dealing with the fact that his infuriating brother Gabriel is so readily capable of every park job he throws himself into makes Castiel feel like he could barely manage to keep his head above the foot of water in the “It’s a Small World” canal that he oversees. All of that changes when the universe sees fit to put him in a Disneyesque love story opposite the handsome animator in the window on Main Street who doesn’t care about Castiel’s lethargic lack of idealism—so long as he can make caustic Cas come to appreciate every attraction in the park. But life isn’t a Disney fairytale, and even though an easy out and a happy ending are what Castiel seeks, he’ll begin to wonder if the happiest ending isn’t really an ending at all.

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[bnha-ficlibrary]

2am Knows All Secrets

Title: 2am Knows All Secrets

Author: Unbreakable_Red_Riot

Rating: Teen

Word Count: 59,033

Status: Complete

Summary:

… It wasn’t that he was annoyed.

Okay, maybe he was a little annoyed, but that was just the lack of sleep talking. Because a certain explosive punk thought it was a good idea to test the flammability of his sheets at 2 in the morning. Every single morning.

(In which Bakugou's quirk wakes Kirishima up, and Kirishima gets way too invested in his bro's well-being.)

[kohakhearts]

weird question but do you have a daily/weekly/monthly word count goal when you write?

not a weird question at all! i actually only do wc goals when i’m working on a deadline or during nano in april, july, and november. usually then i only focus on the monthly goal, but i do aim to meet the suggested daily counts. i’m not very consistent with that...in april i did 75k, last july i did 100k, this july i’m doing 50k...all depends on how much time i have (right now, not a lot!). my only tip for goal-setting is that the goal you want to set is probably less reasonable than you think. cut it in half and then slowly work your way up to there—eventually you’ll be able to go even higher!

[lemonsorbae]

Dean/Cas Fic Rec:

Grotesque - lastknownwriter

Word Count: ~58,000 Rating: NC-17

Summary: Deep in the heart of the bayou, a winged creature has paid a long and lonely penance for a tragedy history has forgotten. A fateful storm and a soldier pure of heart are about to change his world. A Dean/Castiel Beauty and the Beast AU.

*this fic is available to registered AO3 users only *this fic has been removed by the author, please contact them for copy

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[lemonsorbae]

Dean/Cas Fic Rec:

It‘s Always the End of the World Somewhere - scaramouche + We’re Almost Out of Minutes + We Had An Appointment

Word Count: ~68,000 (collectively)  Rating: NC-17

Summary: The status quo is this: Dean is the popular captain of the football team, and Castiel is the off-kilter nobody who doesn't so much as breathe the same air as Dean. Then senior year happens and the status quo is shot to smithereens.

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[lemonsorbae]

Dean/Cas Fic Rec:

Thunder & Angels - pm_lo

Word Count: ~54k Rating: NC-17

Summary: Castiel’s family owns the shoddily-regulated coal mine where John Winchester works, so Dean storms Cas’s mansion, demanding answers from the drugged-out trust-fund kid. In exchange for his help repairing the mine, Cas demands Dean live with him for three months and give Cas a shot at seducing him by allowing him one kiss a day.

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[rosegoldrebels-archive]

Chapters: 17/17 Fandom: Supernatural Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Castiel/Dean Winchester, past Castiel/Balthazar, brief Castiel/Crowley, brief Dean/Anna, mentions of Dean/Jo, mentions of Dean/Lisa Characters: Castiel, Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Jo Harvelle Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - College/University, Hurt/Comfort, Angst and Humor, Angst, Coming Out, Internalized Homophobia, Alternate Universe - Human, First Time, First Kiss, Gay Panic, Casual Sex, Attempted Suicide 

Series: Part 1 of Wavesverse

Summary: Dean Winchester is the average guy: football, college, kid brother, nice car, girls and beer; his life is black and white, that is until he meets Castiel Collins: pretentious, slutty, sweater-wearing genius, who won't even take the time to look up at him from his obscure novel while he insults him. And then everything is shades of gray and Dean is drowning.

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