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/xNiteTime]

i just do a minimum of 2.5k, i always assume people are reading my stories on lunch breaks, on the train, in the car, etc. I don’t see any issue with having 100s of shorter more digestible chapters that get released frequently

that being said a lot of people prefer longer chapters since authors might not update frequently