Unrealistic Goal 1Mil

[deannie]

 So, according to Archive of Our Own, I've written 296 fics and 867,583 words. Part of me would love to hit one million words and 300 fics at the same time. 

That means, however, that my next four fics must average over 33,000 words, which is a little over my average fic length of 3,000.

Hee! Am a pie in the sky kind of gal--what can I say!?

Comments

[singe]

Give each story a theme and write several 3k chapters for each one. (Very loosely connected.)

I'd love to see you accomplish a million!

[deannie]

Oh, hey now, Singe, m'dear, that'd be cheating!

I have a zombie Mag7 fic going right now that I expect to top 25,000 at least, and a Losers fic that'll probably do the same, but by not posting the ends of One Day at Red Cliff and Writ in Remembrance until after those two get written (and a third besides--which I have in mind, because I'm insane), I'm leaving people hanging.

Not that I've actually finish Family Business yet, either. Loser!

[singe]

Whew! Busy, busy, busy.

[deannie]

Possessed, possessed, possessed is more like. :)

I've decided to be reasonable (a total first for me), and try to hit one million words by the time I hit 325 stories. That gives me (I just posted a story today, so I have to redo the math) an average of 4550 words per story, which is much more doable and lets me get on with doing my series I'm in the middle of.

[kronette]

So I decided to poke around and see what I have. Word count: 1,257,817, works 233 (but at least 4 chapters should have been sequels or separate stories, but I stupidly put them in as chapters, so I'll say 237).

Holy. Crap. This is what scares me, though:

Red Dwarf (59)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (43)
Highlander: The Series (36)
Supernatural (26)
Stargate Atlantis (12)

My first fandom (DS9) was at the top until 2013, when Red Dwarf took over my life. Since RD is all I write in now, it's the only fandom that's growing. I think I have all my stories online now. I went back through my folders and all the completed ones should be up. I have far too many unfinished ones, languishing since 1996 or so. It's a very sad state :( I need something to motivate me to finish them.

ETA: you are a very exact person, wanting 1Mil and 300 at the same time :) I know someone who had 1,234 word count on a story; she made sure any edits kept that word count.

[deannie]

Me? Exact (read: anal as all hell and borderline OCD)? Nah. It's just that I'm getting twitchy because the Losers fic I just wrote is below the average word count to reach 1Mil by 325 and now I have to write longer fics and I have some in the works, but I have series that need to be finished and they all have short word counts per story and.... *deep breath* Not exact at all. I'm sure I don't know what you mean.

I feel you on the "Oh, look how obsessed I've become with this current fandom as I outstrip all others." I started writing Mag7 in May of 2013 and it now surpasses all but SG-1, X-Files, and Sentinel in story numbers. Losers is shooting up quick, too. I expect it to rival Atlantis by year's end.

I'm considering posting an 'unfinished' story at some point—just a dump where all the bits and bobs can live. Some I just know I won't finish. Some I wish I had the mental fortitude to finish, and some are just good scenes with no future :pout:.