Misheard Whisper
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This is what I did after all of my chaptered fics died. They can be any length, really. I've seen some excellent ones that fit on my screen without having to scroll down. Then again, I have read some amazing ones that are so long the author had to post them in two separate posts because they went over the character limit. (No, I am not talking about Torn. I'm narcissistic, but not that bad.) Generally, between 1000 and 5000 words is what people want to read, though.
The thing is that just like any story, let it unfold in its own time. If it needs another couple of pages to wrap itself up naturally, do it. Unless you're writing for a contest with a word limit or something, nobody's gonna pull you up on length as long as it's quality.
If you write thirty pages of crap, you can brag that you wrote thirty pages, but nobody will want to read it. If you wrote five pages of gold, the guy who wrote thirty pages of crap can diss you all he wants, but you'll be the one getting the reviews.
tl:dr version: Any length is fine, as long as it gets the point across, but people will be less likely to read an incredibly long oneshot.
The thing is that just like any story, let it unfold in its own time. If it needs another couple of pages to wrap itself up naturally, do it. Unless you're writing for a contest with a word limit or something, nobody's gonna pull you up on length as long as it's quality.
If you write thirty pages of crap, you can brag that you wrote thirty pages, but nobody will want to read it. If you wrote five pages of gold, the guy who wrote thirty pages of crap can diss you all he wants, but you'll be the one getting the reviews.
tl:dr version: Any length is fine, as long as it gets the point across, but people will be less likely to read an incredibly long oneshot.