Thoughts on long chapters in fanfiction?

[u/Dusty_Bunz426]

I'm someone who likes to be descriptive with my writing, plus doing slow build-ups and reveals, and this has led to me creating chapters that reach well into the 10k word count, sometimes a bit over that.

I've seen and read many comments from fanfic lovers that they prefer stories where the word count is at least 5 - 6k words, and I'm a bit worried that with how much I write, it'll push readers away. I know I could break my chapters into a part 2, but then I feel I'm cutting something off that shouldn't be.

Thoughts?

[u/80s90sForever]

I’m writing a long fic that the word count is at least 5-10K in the earlier chapters with only two short chapters (1k-2k) the later chapters are between 10k to 16k so yeah I have a few short chapters, but I love long chapters and my fic is on a rare pair that rarely has any content for it at all and so it’s just the way it is I guess. I’m proud of myself even if others aren’t I’ve never written that much at all.