rednecksaints

Megan. 27. Author of NEVER on AO3. Bethyl / Bellarke / Buckynat. Tulip + Cassidy. Instagram & Twitter: @rednecksaints.

[mazikeene]

(insp)

[rednecksaints]

Said you'd always be my white blood Circulate the right love Giving me your white blood  I need you right here with me…

[rednecksaints]

You go out there and you make it right. In the midst of an attack, Daryl discovers Beth is with the saviors but is forced to retreat. He demands Dwight help get her out. VOICEOVERS: We gotta go. You find her? Where is she? The sanctuary. You go out there and you make it right. Find her.

[rednecksaints]

∞ NEW ∞ you've become everything you didn't wanna be, and it's my fault. my audio ib @bellisrio edit ib @sxftblake dt @grimesthedead [#dixonsgrp]

[rednecksaints]

💞NEW💞. the final word. in the final sentence. ac: wolvela sc (edited) cc: mine #dixonsgrp

[rednecksaints]

NEVER - Part 38 & 39

Part 38 - AO3 - click here 

Part 38 - Fanfiction.net - click here 

Part 39 - AO3 - click here

Part 39 - Fanfiction.net - click here

[millyceres]

Chiara Bautista

[uncle-knobheads]

Fic authors deserve more credit.

Story time: I started a book about 23 hours ago and just finished it. Also in that time I slept for 10 hours, spent time with family, was at work, etc. Anyway, I enjoyed the book (Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda). But it felt like it flew by, so after I finished I looked up the word count because what are pages? Pages are meaningless. I only function in word counts anymore.

The estimate I found was 58,580. My immediate reaction was “oh, that’s why. That’s nothing!” But what a shitty response. Because no. That’s not nothing. That’s a whole. Damn. Book. An entire novel! And Fic authors regularly bust out 30k, 50k, 100k, 150k words. AND THEY DO IT FOR FREE. WHILE WORKING AND LIVING THEIR LIVES.

So anyway, thank your favorite fic author today because they deserve it. Because they’re amazing. They’re the MVPs.

[galadrieljones]

Some rough word count equivalencies for you, via famous novels, just to give you an idea of what OP is saying:

30k fic = Animal Farm by George Orwell

50k fic = The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

75k fic = Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger

100k fic = To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

150k fic = The Two Towers by JRR Tolkien

200k fic = Moby Dick by Herman Melville

250k fic = Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling

300k fic = A Feast for Crows by George RR Martin

350k fic = Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

400k fic = Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

[a-shakespearean-in-paris]

I WROTE SOMETHING AS LONG AS MOBY DICK AND I DIDN’T EVEN KNOW

[princesweetpea]

I can’t believe I’ve surpassed Animal Farm.

Holy shit.

[iffeelscouldkill]

This is awesome. With that said, huge appreciation also to fic writers who write shorter fics - 10k, 5k, 1k, 500 words. Because yeah, huge long fics get a lot of love, and a lot of labour goes into them, but the same is true for tiny fics as well. Not everyone is banging out huge great novels, but little ficlets are fantastic and still bring readers a ton of joy.

So if you’re feeling a bit downcast because you can’t write that 50 chapter epic or your latest WIP is “only” 2k and it still took you ages - that’s amazing. Seriously. Not everyone is naturally wordy or prolific. And you can say a ton with just a few hundred or thousand words.

Props to short fic creators - you guys are awesome.

[alakeeffectgirl]

The moment I realized that in the average year, I write and post enough fanfic to equal a novel that falls between To Kill A Mockingbird and The Two Towers was a HUGE moment for me. I’ve only posted one thing that passed thirty thousand words ever in my ~career~, but it all adds up. 

[leftmywingshome]

Mind blowing…

[rednecksaints]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Well, that was way faster than I expected, but here’s an update for you. Two new chapters in about 24 hours! 

[ledanna]

All the things she said, running through my head.

[rednecksaints]

💞NEW💞. what if after everything, she came back? ac: mine song: hurricane by fleurie dt: @jennifairy731 and the bethyl fandom [#dixonsgrp] https://www.instagram.com/p/By-7KO8nScf/?igshid=jajs74ysx1zc

[rednecksaints]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

I finally updated this fic and it feels fucking fantastic <3

[margotsrobbie-deactivated202402]

Never think that one voice is too small to be heard.

[javierbardem]

[onscreenkisses]

Preacher, 1x04 - “Monster Swamp”

[karencastiglione]

oh Cass, you have no idea.

[doee-eyes]

CASSIDY CRYING ON THE PHONE WITH TULIP BROKE MY GODDAMN HEART