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coalie ([personal profile] coalcube) wrote in [community profile] coaltide2021-12-24 07:37 pm
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Don't Stop Coal Now!

Tonight I'm gonna have myself a real coal time
I feel alive
And the exchange I'll turn it inside out, yeah
I'm floating around in agony
So, (don't stop me now)
(Don't stop me)
'Cause I'm having a coal time, having a coal time~


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(Anonymous) 2021-12-25 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
My gift is exactly 1000 words. Not 1005 words. Not 1020 words. 1000.

Like, you really couldn't have put in less effort if you tried, huh?

(Anonymous) 2021-12-25 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Arguably you have to put more effort in to hit exactly 1000 and not go a word over!

(Anonymous) 2021-12-25 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I feel like it would take extra effort to do that, actually.

(Anonymous) 2021-12-25 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
+1

Absent other context, I might imagine a writer hitting 1008 and then deciding to edit down because they liked the round number.

(Anonymous) 2021-12-26 12:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Exactly, it's very aesthetic.

(Anonymous) 2021-12-25 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
They put more effort in than you did to this wank.

(Anonymous) 2021-12-25 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
It's probably coalie from last post who had 987 words after editing until the fic was perfect and had to agonize over how to add more. You lucky sod.

(Anonymous) 2021-12-25 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
But how's the writing? Polished or slapdash? I feel like that is a better metric than just word count.

(Anonymous) 2021-12-26 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
+ 1 This is the question you should be asking.

There are only four fics that fit this critrea and at a glance, they all seem solid.

(Anonymous) 2021-12-25 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I bet they posted it like the day after assignments went out, too.

(Anonymous) 2021-12-25 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I bet they posted it at the deadline. All my shit gifts have been posted on deadline day.

(Anonymous) 2021-12-25 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Some people love round numbers. I'm not super into them, but I've definitely edited fics before when they were at like 4,014 to make them a round 4,000.

(Anonymous) 2021-12-25 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
If I got a fic of exactly 1000 words, I'd probably assume it was on purpose and the writer deliberately added/deleted words to get to that number, the same way you'd add/delete to get to exactly 100 for a drabble. That doesn't prove that the fic isn't low effort, but hitting exactly 1000 words might actually have required (slightly) more effort than getting 1005.

(Anonymous) 2021-12-25 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks for trying to make the wank I predicted last post happen, coalie. You brought a smile to my face.

(Anonymous) 2021-12-26 12:01 am (UTC)(link)
+another 1 for exactly 1000 words being more effort than 1000+n, where n is small. If n is less than the number of words in the final sentence, that's the real sign of "did just enough".

(Anonymous) 2021-12-26 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
gr8 b8 m8

(Anonymous) 2021-12-26 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
I saw a 1001 words fic. and it looks like casefic! I haven't read it yet, will report if it's good
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