This is more or less how I outline! Thought it's more like... 2k-4k words per scene, depending on what I'm writing, but it's a great way to get a rough estimate of what your end product will be. Like the high school fluff AU I'm working on is about 300-350k, depending on how much I ramble in each scene, which... yeah, I hope it doesn't become that much of a beast, but we'll see how it goes.

I also get immensely frustrated with the obsession with word counts in regards to published fiction. Like I just don't give a fuck how long or short something is, so long as it's good. This was one of the many factors that discouraged me with my original fiction draft I was trying to polish. Max word count for a sci-fi story was 130k (I think) back in 2014 and my draft was 185k. So many places won't even consider looking at your manuscript if it's your first time publishing and you're over their random ass word count. But if you're established? Then it just doesn't fucking matter and it pisses me off, because you get "famous" writers who shit out novels that are over 600 pages and it flies simply due to the fact they're "famous" and said shit will sell and that's all that matters. Every time I try to get my toes wet with original stories again, I'm always reminded of the word count bullshit and get discouraged all over again. I understand selling copies is how people get paychecks and live or whatever, but I'd much rather take one great story that's over that word count limit than fifty okay-ish books that meet that word count requirement. don't mine me I just have Feelings™ about all of this