Is fanfiction considered reading?
It’s still reading. No matter what you read—a novel, a poem, a fanfiction piece—it’s still reading, so when you read fanfiction, you get all the benefits of reading, plus all the things I’ve mentioned above. Never apologize for what you’re reading; life is too short for that.
Is it cheating if you read fanfics?
The events of fanfiction, especially XReader fanfiction, isn’t real. It’s all just pretending or imagining. So unless reading romance like smut books or XReaders is cheating according to the people in the relationship, it’s not cheating.
Is it bad to read FanFiction while in a relationship?
No!! You can read what you want to read. Fanfics are just like books, anyways. There’s no problem in you read fanfics, even if you have a boyfriend.
Why is FanFiction so addictive?
Because we love our fandoms and we want more. Fanfiction gives us everything we want and it is great. In fanfiction, there’s always a chance that what you want has been written, especially if you want something that canon isn’t giving you! Because we love our fandoms and we want more.
How do I stop being addicted to fanfiction?
Start slow – reduce the time you spend reading by 15 minutes (go to bed at 4:45 instead of 5:00), then 30, then 45, then an hour. And don’t jump from 15 minutes one day to 30 the next – give it a week of cutting yourself off 15 minutes earlier.
How many words does the average fanfic have?
Most of the fics I read have one to four scenes per chapter, which tend to range between 1000 and 5000 words. Between 2000 and 5000 for a long, well rounded fic. If you focus on story, dialogue and describing what is going around, you will reach at least 2000.
What is a good length for a fanfiction?
Depends on a few things, including how you want the story to be presented. For one of my own from last year, every chapter was between 500 to 1,000 words. But for more conventional fanfiction, 1,500 to 3,500 is ideal. Too little, you turn off readers and you don’t leave enough room for your story to fit in!
How long is a one-shot fanfic?
A one-shot usually has between 500 and 1,500 (to 2,000) words. Any more then that and it becomes a short story. A short story is anything between 2,000 words and 7,500 words.
How many words should a chapter be on Wattpad?
How long should a wattpad book be? Keep the chapters short — around 1,500–2,000 words or less. If your chapters are longer than this, break them up into parts. This is incredibly important.
How long should my fanfiction chapters be?
That said, genre word counts do tend to fall within a certain range. From these numbers, we can establish some guidelines: the average word count of a chapter typically falls somewhere between 1,500 and 5,000 words, with 3,000–4,000 being the most common sweet spot.
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.
Is my fanfiction too long?
As long as the writing quality is still good and the writer is still interested in the work, it’s not too long. As long as both of those are true, keep writing until you reach the story’s end. (If you feel like the quality is starting to lessen, or start to lose interest, then you should write yourself into an ending.)