no, really. REALLY.

[schmerica]

ATTENTION FANDOM: STORY LENGTH AND STORY QUALITY ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. There is no direct correlation, either way.

Some stories need a lot of words to tell. Some stories don't. Some people prefer nice long stories they can sink their teeth into for hours and hours. Some people prefer things shorter and self-contained.

I, personally, with everything else being equal, would rather read five 5000 word stories than one 25000 story, and three 3000 word stories than one 9000 one. Does that mean I think short fic is better? No, it just means it's not my personal preferences. Does it mean I think you're wrong for liking longer stuff? No, it just means our taste is different.

WHY OH WHY IS THIS SUCH A DIFFICULT CONCEPT? I SHALL NOW STOMP AROUND IN AN ANNOYED FASHION.

Comments

[mondschein1.livejournal.com]

There are also Days for Short Fic and Days for Long Fic. Invariably, they do not coincide with the days short/long fic is actually posted. And there are some concepts that need to be terse, or characters that need to be terse. The only thing that might be going for, say, a 1 MB story is wow, geez, author had patience to follow through, and I personally admire that. But that doesn't mean they did it WELL.

Since when IS this difficult to understand? Tell meeee!

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

I would tell you if I knew!

[mondschein1.livejournal.com]

I think what I mean to say, why are you finding it necessary to stomp angrily?