writethisfanfic | WIP Challenge - Check In Day 7

Poll #16120

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Today I

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planned
0 (0.0%)

researched
0 (0.0%)

wrote
3 (100.0%)

sent to beta
0 (0.0%)

edited
2 (66.7%)

posted
0 (0.0%)

rested
0 (0.0%)

did something else
1 (33.3%)

The way I feel about that is

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Mean: 5.33 Median: 5 Std. Dev 1.25

Terrible 1		0 (0.0%)
2		0 (0.0%)
3		0 (0.0%)
4		1 (33.3%)
5		1 (33.3%)
6		0 (0.0%)
7		1 (33.3%)
8		0 (0.0%)
9		0 (0.0%)
Wonderful 10		0 (0.0%)

What's the longest thing you've ever written? What do you like/dislike about writing at that length?

The longest thing that I've ever written is still a WIP at 190000 words. I've been posting as I go which I think may have been a mistake. Then again, I might never finish without the pressure of people wanting the next chapter. I don't know. The next longest thing I've written is about 12000 words. With the WIP, I like the way the length lets me explore multiple characters and threads of plot. I can stretch out and take time to build the world and make the character development seem organic. I don't like the fact that I tend to lose track of the little details. I recently reread what I'd written in preparation for trying to finish the next chapter (which hasn't been going well), and there are a lot of little errors and things I plain forgot about that I'm not sure I can pick up again without disrupting the current narrative. When I write something short, every detail has to serve a purpose. With something longer, I can include things that don't immediately serve a purpose but that offer me scaffolding for later developments (I don't always know what I'm setting up. I'm a seat of the pants writer).