Your wordcount sounds great! I think I had the same issue with my own Yulefic -- new to the 'verse, so I spent some time trying to get a handle on my characters and POV voice, and it only ended 9k later :( I managed to get down to 8k with some editing; think ideally it should be 7+k at the max, so I feel as if I'm doing wordcount in reverse.
no subject
Date: 2016-12-04 09:20 pm (UTC)