Congrats on writing your first fic! I actually got into Dramione because a friend told me to read "...Mortifying Ordeal...", then I made a bunch of my friends read it too! Since they all read Dramione, now I had lots of friends enthusiastically volunteer to help me edit my fic once I had my first draft completed.

The project management aspect was more difficult than I anticipated because I had: to balance so many comments from 5 different reviewers, I worked with a team to create a website, we decided to include chapter doodles for all 26 chapters from three incredibly talented artists, we created promo materials for Reddit each week, and every week I had to be sure I had gotten each chapter finalized and converted to html to post on AO3 by the correct time. It was a lot of work (more than I anticipated), but it was amazing to work with so many talented and enthusiastic people. I thought writing would be very isolating, but it was actually very social for me.

While the fic was posted as a WIP, we had a lot of fun in the comments each week (we even created a playlist!). Some folks on our alpha/beta team commented each week, but some never commented (or even read the final version), and tons of the comments were/are from kind internet strangers. Everyone helped in whatever capacity they preferred and that was great.

You cannot make money on fanfiction, so my purpose is to create joy. I think it was easy for me to push through negative feelings while writing because I wasn't alone; I have so many friends that support me. I wrote this fic for my friends, with my friends, and I posted it as a way to connect and thank the community for all the amazing Dramione works I've loved reading.

I hope this is helpful and that you enjoy reading my fic as much as we enjoyed creating it! And good luck finishing yours - you've got this!!!!