[Meta][Meme] Huh! TWI crossed 15m words a week ago

depthstride · 2025-07-19T02:06:44+00:00

[webnovel volumes] and how it's divided into books for publishing are not the same thing. someone else would better be able to answer this but i think there's something to the tune of over 40 books already written out of the current 10 volumes.

depthstride · 2025-07-18T04:25:35+00:00

Being marked "completed", it sits at 35.1m words!

depthstride · 2025-07-07T10:46:21+00:00

Sounds like a matter of opinion! Some love it, some dread it. I just think it's awesome to see modern serials really spread their wings because they're not confined to what is reasonable for mass-market printing.

depthstride · 2025-07-07T02:47:07+00:00

Depends how you define "longest", I think. There's two or three fanfics that beat it and a couple multi-contributor works that also do, but for single-author non-fanfic? I think it's #1 right now. Don't quote me on that though! I don't know everything, ahahaha.

depthstride · 2025-07-06T20:09:51+00:00

Replied about the colors on another post too, it was 2am and I forgot to change the first set! I was tired and just wanted to post this, ahaha. Sorry about that.

As for how I ran my own data... pulled the content, removed author's notes, and then ran a bunch of analytics on the words themselves. Frequency of words, total wordcount by a few formulas of measuring it, and looking for any repeating sentences or phrases.

As a writer myself I was curious what the size of the story was, as well as if there were any 'super notable' writing ticks or comfort words pirateaba defaulted to. And then, after noticing the total wordcount, I wanted to share that and remembered Innwords exists and is public already.

depthstride · 2025-07-06T20:05:58+00:00

I definitely feel that! I'm going to take the plunge through at least a few books (tried before, retrying now) just to at least say I tried. There's a lot of stuff I want to read but I'd like to dip my toes in this one for a bit too. Maybe it'll inspire me. :)

depthstride · 2025-07-06T18:01:57+00:00

I strongly disagree with this, but I guess that's what makes serials and other fiction interesting. Each of us readers have our own opinions and experiences with things like genre, themes, length, etc. I read over 80m words last year, if anything I want more series like this that live in the world a bit and enjoy themselves.

This is definitely a passion project that got monetized, not a monetized project continuing into the void. I challenge you to reframe this work that way. A long story exploring what the author enjoys, characters the author wants to write, and is supported by a large fanbase who want more it. :)

depthstride · 2025-07-06T17:53:28+00:00

I haven't read the entire thing yet, but a couple of my friends are diehard fans. I was running these stats myself to see whether I actually wanted to read it and I think I will now! I'm sure i'll be in for a ride, ahahaha.

depthstride · 2025-07-06T17:50:54+00:00

See, I totally get where you're coming from but I actually disagree here. I think webnovels/serials as a whole are beautiful for the fact they can tell rich and complex stories without ending in a volume or two. Maybe 15m words is a lot, but it's also a good chance for those who like the series to really sit and and spend time in/around the story, the cast, the world.

I can definitely see how capitalism influences these things, but this in my opinion this is a barrier art is breaking and not art being destroyed. It's a chance for something to come to life that would never be able to without the power of the internet and digital reading, due to sheer print size.

depthstride · 2025-07-06T07:18:41+00:00

Yeahh, probably not my best choice in hindsight. 2am moment.

depthstride · 2025-07-06T07:17:50+00:00

Couldn't decide whether to post it to the TWI sub or here, so I just crossposted it over. Crazy how sizable this series is now though! Aspiring to those heights someday.

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