I wouldn't consider myself a longfic writer, I mostly do oneshots, but just from being around for a decade (christ) on ao3, the trends I've noticed are
1. readers these days don't leave comments on unfinished fics, leading to lower motivation for writers to continue them
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just saw someone say weβre in a fanfic recession bc none of them are long or well written and im truly so tired of the way yall treat fanfic authors tbh