The actual count is best because unfortunately people often don't put the right fic size down. I've caught quite a lot through random checks and then wound up trying to check them all just to be safe. If you hit 8k and there are only a couple of chapters left it would be fine to say '8k+ (less than 50k),' and once you hit 50k it's fine to stop. In the past I've also suggested that for really long fics that nominators ask the author for the word count (since it's easier for them to get it). I haven't heard of any negative responses to those requests so I'm assuming people have been ok with it.
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Date: 2010-07-16 10:24 am (UTC)The actual count is best because unfortunately people often don't put the right fic size down. I've caught quite a lot through random checks and then wound up trying to check them all just to be safe. If you hit 8k and there are only a couple of chapters left it would be fine to say '8k+ (less than 50k),' and once you hit 50k it's fine to stop. In the past I've also suggested that for really long fics that nominators ask the author for the word count (since it's easier for them to get it). I haven't heard of any negative responses to those requests so I'm assuming people have been ok with it.