Nah, it doesn't sound forceful. xD Actually 5,000 was the shortest that it usually went to, on average chapters went to over 7,000 words with the longest going to over 10,000 words. I always personally found the longer with less paragraphs easier than shorter with more paragraphs, so that's why I kind of have a hard time understanding the preference over the latter but I do see what you mean. At first I only posted my story to get more readers but after looking over old chapters it kind of just became more about reliving the nostalgia I got from releasing chapters the first time around, sorry if that sounds selfish. I'll still try my best and be more considerate for those who are displeased
I understand what you mean. Personally it depends on the length of a story. If it's a long story than I give it up to 10 chapters to capture my interest and if it shows promise to me I give it until 20 chapters to fully determine whether I'll read till the end. For shorter stories I give it about 5 chapters to catch my interest. Yeah, those type of readers are definitely hard to please. In fact I recall once a reader got on my case for the rookie protagonist not breezing through everything within the first 2 chapters of my story.