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|seealso= [[Standalone]], [[Story Arc]]
|seealso= [[Standalone]], [[Story Arc]]
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'''Longfic''' is a term in the fannish community that refers to a long [[fanfiction]]. Longfic usually have multiple chapters.
'''Longfic''' is a term in the fannish community that refers to a long [[fanfiction]]. Longfic usually have multiple chapters and more complex plots.
==Criteria==
Exactly what word count a story must meet to be considered a longfic is not defined. The subject was discussed on [[fail-fandomanon]] in the thread '''How long is a "longfic" for you?'''<ref>[https://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/60443.html?thread=284171291 2013-07-03 11:00 am (UTC)] by Anonymous</ref>
{{Quotation|I'm actually surprised that some people think +20k fics are "long", is that because my usual fandoms are ridiculous verbose? What about you, nonnies?}}
{{Quotation2|50k+
Though in my first fandom, long ago, it had to be 100k+ to be considered long. My first fic was 800k and it wasn't the longest in the fandom. Someone hit 1000k a year later.<ref>[https://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/60443.html?thread=284174619#t284174619 2013-07-03 11:16 am (UTC)]</ref>}}
{{Quotation|To me anything above 10K is a long fic, but that's mostly because my definition comes from the writing side of things. I write anything over 10K, I count it as long (since I'm usually around the 3K mark).<ref>[https://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/60443.html?thread=284176411#t284176411 2013-07-03 11:22 am (UTC)]</ref>}}
{{Quotation2|In most of my fandoms, I'd say +20k fic is long, and that suits me just fine because honestly I don't have time for most 100K word epics. I haven't encountered very much fic over 50k that maintained consistent quality and basically made me want to keep spending my time and effort on them. I can read a 20-50k fic quickly, and if it's disappointing it's no big deal.<ref>[https://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/60443.html?thread=284176667#t284176667 2013-07-03 11:22 am (UTC)]</ref>}}
{{Quotation|Oh no, in my fandom just chapters are usually 10-15k. When we have 'one-shot' contests, the word limit is usually minimum 10k, max 15k, with this being understood to be the fandom's baseline 'short story'.
However, I've found that (and not to inadvertently offend long-ficcers, as I enjoy writing them myself) fandoms with a trend of long long long fic usually end up being cesspools of shitty quality. Fandoms with shorter fic seem to have greater quality. If you're writing a 300k story, then you're either an amazing storyteller, or you are a really awfully bad one. You can guess which of those is most likely on any given day.<ref>[https://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/60443.html?thread=284177947#t284177947 2013-07-03 11:32 am (UTC)]</ref>}}
==Reception==
Longfics purportedly are more popular than one-shots, getting more [[hits on AO3]].<ref>pegacornicopia. [https://www.reddit.com/r/FanFiction/comments/5jlhud/i_dont_know_how_to_feel_about_the_hitkudos_ratio/dbiti5e/ Posted] on 22 December 2016 at [https://www.reddit.com/r/FanFiction/ /r/FanFiction]. (Accessed 22 May 2018.)</ref> However, this may be due to longfics being multi-chaptered.
== References ==
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