My first attempt at writing a transformation story ended up with like 30,000+ words and it still wasn’t done. I got frustrated with how bloated it was and wrote my first-ever completed story in a day.

I think a big reason why my first story was so long was that the fetish/sex parts of the story kept feeling like they didn’t fit unless they had a LOT of romantic leadup. If someone starts a story without fetish in the first thousand words, I think it takes a lot of words to make the transition to spice feel natural, especially to an inexperienced writer. It’s even trickier when the writer wants a bit of reluctance between the leads but doesn’t want it to seem like rape or coercion.

I think a lot of writers take their characters they want to ship, stick them in a room together, and just write and write and write, trying to smush them in for a kiss. That’s what Hollywood does tbh.

But that’s just my take. It would explain why you’re so good at keeping things short, given your subject matter. I just wish people who wrote long stories actually took the time to go back and edit the whole thing before posting. I don’t want to read a 16-part drama unless it’s been looked over carefully.

That does actually explain why I tend to gravitate towards random characters rather than established IPs, and then the only IP I actually do is pokemon. I wanted to write something with two popular characters really badly at first, and then I actually started writing and I realized this was so much harder than it looked because I wanted to make them actually act in character and that needed like so much research into their mannerisms and reasonings for actions. And then there was the romance part and i was like oh my god this will literally be impossible how will i have any chemistry between these two characters at all without magic or bullshit. I ended up just subbing in characters that fulfilled the same roles and it worked a lot easier.

I usually find that I actually tend to start with the idea first before I bring in the characters, I have an idea and then im like what characters do I need to make it happen? Then I just kind of make characters to make the concept a little more interesting to read. It's why I tend to prefer like side characters or originals over main characters, characters with almost no information or just one or two traits are infinitely easier to write and develop than characters with their own growth, character development and feelings

And editing was definitely the hardest part because I was like so close to being done and I just wanted to not do anything anymore, which is why i initially didn't do it at first but then i actually read them and died of cringe and then started doing it.

If you really want high word count the secret tech is dialogue, that oozes out word count very easily. A basic conservation for me can eat up 500 words easily, so the more conversations going on the more the word count rises

Though, outside of commissions I never look at the word count itself. Some stories lend themselves to less words, and it's better to fit the story into the narrative rather than trying to fill it with filler to hit a word count you put on yourself.

I think the main reason my stories end up so large is because I don't know how to be more concise with my words. I kind of just say everything that comes to mind. Along with that, I try to be as descriptive as possible when it comes to transformations and the sensations that it brings, as well as the thoughts and feelings of being in a new form. I'm also guilty of trying to start a story with one fetish/theme and I end up giving in and adding two or three more, so it turns into three stories packed into one. It's kind of convenient because I don't have to establish a new backstory or new characters, but the length tends to get away from me and it takes me months to finish them. Reading the other comments reminded me that I do tend to try and make things make sense in the real world (to the maximum extent possible), which means I might get a little more wordy with that. I don't want the reader to be asking "Why did they do this when it was obvious what would happen?"


Oh also, I've had a lot of experience with college papers that need to meet a certain word count, so I learned to add fluff and now I can't stop doing it. It makes my work reports too long lol

Word count matter really unless your on a contract that you have to fill. The story and thinking about the words you do and why is far more important.

Thinking of fulfilling a stories purpose helps a lot.

As has been said dialoge goes a long way for adding space.

TF thrives in thick description. The before, middle, and after of a full TF. Giving the person before, during, and after their TF with the audience to see and feel with goes a long way too.

However, its not the length that matters, its the the content.