Board Thread:Setting Things Up/@comment-4023106-20130624230635/@comment-4023106-20130720150826

I guess it doesn't really matter either way, but my thinking was that including the word count in a WIP would let readers check at a glance whether it's far enough along for them to want to start reading. Like, if a WIP were "Short," then a reader might skip it until it's further along, but if it were "Epic," then they might want to jump in since there's already so much content to catch up on. And we'll have to check on WIPs every once in a while, anyway, to update things like rating and status and summary changes, so I figured that word count would be updated along with that stuff during those checks... but of course word count can change much more frequently, depending on the individual story. I don't really read WIPs either way, though, so I don't know what a reader would prefer! I'm good with whatever you think would make the most sense.