hollyhark:

maybetwice:

professortennant:

Word count in the HP Series: 

Sorcerer’s Stones: 76,944 
Chamber of Secrets: 85,141
Prisoner of Azkaban: 107,253 
Goblet of Fire: 190,637
Order of the Phoenix: 257,045
Half-Blood Prince: 168,923
Deathly Hallows: 198,227

Word count in the LOTR Series:

The Hobbit: 95,022
Fellowship of the Ring: 177,227
Two Towers: 143,436
Return of the King: 134,462

longest fic I ever read was by hollyhark, some 120+ words, I spent FIVE SOLID HOURS crying my eyes out buhhhh

I’ve written about 4 million words of fanfiction since 2000. (not exaggerating – 3 million+ are on AO3 alone!) I wrote a bit before that, too, and getting an AOL ACCOUNT and a modem at home was a huge deal to me at 17 (in 1999….) because I could suddenly share my writing with actual people and get instant feedback!! It still feels like a kind of miracle, especially now that you can download fics easily from AO3. I love the idea of someone being able to read my fics on their phone or Kindle or whatever on the subway, during their commute. It’s really this kind of magical thing that even 17 year old me would have found hard to believe  ;__;