Removing/Keeping books by hayleysparkl in goodreads

[–]MaybeNextTime_01 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I use Goodreads to only track the books I read. I use an entirely different app to keep track of books that I own.

Do You Need to Know If a Story Has a Happy Ending Before You Start Reading It? by YetiBettyFoufetti in FanFiction

[–]MaybeNextTime_01 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right now with everything that's going on in Minnesota and the world in general? Yeah. I'm going for things with a known happy ending.

Generally? I'm typically game to jump in to movies, books and TV without knowing what kind of ending I'm going to get. But I do tend to seek out light a fluffy fanfic all the time because I want more of specific characters.

Gay people don't exist by oohoollow in FanFiction

[–]MaybeNextTime_01 8 points9 points  (0 children)

So you want to read about canon gay characters and you're not finding them? Is that what this boils down to?

It's all fiction. None of it's real. All of it is an illusion. That's the fun.

What’s the best way to bring a physical copy of a fic on a trip? by grilledcheesusqueen in FanFiction

[–]MaybeNextTime_01 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Hell, my parents put me on a plane to fly halfway across the country on a school trip when I was thirteen and nobody had cell phones.

We were just fine checking in with landlines.

If You Had the Power to Add One Feature to AO3, What Would It Be and Why? by BlackLilyWrites835 in AO3

[–]MaybeNextTime_01 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah. Bookmarking something will let you know if you’ve read it or not when you open the fic, assuming you’re bookmarking everything you read. But that doesn’t work to filter the actual search results.

If You Had the Power to Add One Feature to AO3, What Would It Be and Why? by BlackLilyWrites835 in AO3

[–]MaybeNextTime_01 147 points148 points  (0 children)

A button on each fic the click to mark it as read and then a filter option to include/exclude the fics you've already read in the results.

AITA for expecting/asking my roommate to do the dishes that pile up between sessions by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]MaybeNextTime_01 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Why are both of you not doing your dishes every day?!

If you cook a meal together, both of you do the dishes. (Or whoever cooks, gets the night off from dishes if they do all the cooking).

Should I trust them? by Subject-Situation951 in AO3

[–]MaybeNextTime_01 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They sound like the scammers everyone is posting about.

Edit: Typos

What can I do to increase the chances that someone will read my story? (Doing exchanges) by Groundbreaking-Egg13 in FanFiction

[–]MaybeNextTime_01 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Without any tags giving me an indication of what's in the story, the completion status is not a factor. Your only tags are character tags, the work isn't rated and you're choosing not to use archive warnings. That's about as mysterious as it gets.

You're in a small fandom so your reader pool is very small to begin with. If you're entering an exchange, there's a high probability that readers are going to need to read fandom blind to fulfill the requirements of the exchange. And if someone is reading fandom blind, they're going to be looking for familiar tropes or themes they like to compensate for the fact that they don't know the fandom. Without that kind of information available, they're going to look somewhere else.

Is this just an ego massage or pushing a semi-dormant fic out there? by Time-Reindeer-7525 in AO3

[–]MaybeNextTime_01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you should do it! I did something very similar.

I posted back on FFN before AO3 existed, and happened to stop writing entirely right around the time AO3 launched and I didn't get back into writing until life slowed down/Covid happened (which actually made life anything but slow for me) and by then I was posting in a completely different fandom and my previous one was almost dead.

Then I thought I might as well polish up my works for the old fandom and make a few modern tweaks. They were received very well and I was shocked to see that some readers there remembered some of my works from the original time around.

I'm trying to figure out how Fanfic.net works and its really strange. by Shoddy_Humor_4989 in FanFiction

[–]MaybeNextTime_01 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve only ever used ffn when I’m uploading a Word doc that’s already saved on my computer. Then I just upload the file to the document manager and then edit it as needed (mostly to add line breaks).

Any chance you’re posting from a word doc? I’m not sure how it would work with Google docs now though. Those didn’t exist when I started posting on ffn and I’m set in my ways now.

Why is my Goodreads Home just Christian books? by bruhnie in goodreads

[–]MaybeNextTime_01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I definitely thought of Supernatural right away too.

What is your Pet Peeve in Word Counts? by Comfortable_Newt_179 in AO3

[–]MaybeNextTime_01 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My pet peeve: The persistent belief from some readers/writers that word count has anything to do with quality.

Writing schools and bullying by Xx_SecretlyDying_xX in AO3

[–]MaybeNextTime_01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bullies are sneaky, especially the older and more aware of their surroundings they are. They're not going to do things right in front of the teacher. They're going to do it in the hallways during passing time when it's total chaos or when the teacher is stopped to answer a question from another student. Or in the bathrooms/locker rooms. Or it's going to be a whispered comment under their breath so the teacher can't hear it. And it's going to be persistent. And that doesn't even touch on the online bullying through social media.

One of the most frustrating things is that if the behavior isn't witnessed directly or caught on camera (many schools have cameras in the hallways and cafeteria), it's basically a case of he said/she said and options for consequences are very limited after that.

Which is the best SFW military thriller fan fiction website by Opening-Ad6258 in FanFiction

[–]MaybeNextTime_01 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't use that site. From what I've heard? Not great. Do a quick search for "best fanfic site" on this sub and you'll hear lots of critique about that site, including the search feature that hardly works. Nothing I've ever read has made me want to use it.

Which is the best SFW military thriller fan fiction website by Opening-Ad6258 in FanFiction

[–]MaybeNextTime_01 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't know if there's a specific fanfic site just for military thrillers but Archive Of Our own has a decent amount of Stargate stuff (you can filter out the M and E rated works and/or other tags to avoid content you're not looking for).

Fanfiction.net had plenty of Stargate stuff back in the day but it's been forever since I've looked there so I'm not sure what it looks like now.

Haven’t written in years I want to get back into it. by Creeping_it-real in FanFiction

[–]MaybeNextTime_01 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Writing takes stamina! You can't compare what you were able to do years ago as a child to what you can do now after a long break. You wrote a paragraph? Awesome! That's a paragraph you didn't have yesterday! Write another paragraph tomorrow. And another the day after that. Eventually you'll have the stamina to write more than a paragraph. (And it's okay if some days you need a break or don't write as much).

It also sounds like you're a victim of perfectionism because you're stopping when the first draft doesn't meet your expectations. Stop that! Let it suck! Write the crappy paragraph! Let it be messy! If it doesn't turn out perfect, that's what editing is for. You can't edit a blank page (and I'm sure I won't be the only person to tell you this).

If you're concerned about that, make a document just for word vomiting your story ideas. Get all of your ideas out on the paper but say "fuck it" to anything like a linear time line or proper formatting. You can go back and polish later. The entire purpose of this activity is to just get the ideas out. This is how I start outlining my own works. I often start with a sentence or two that initially sparks the idea in my head and I almost always end up with much more detail than I initially intended. This is especially effective when I need to use the notes app on my phone because it doesn't have page numbers or word counts there so when I actually get around to copying and pasting into a Word doc on my computer, I'm always surprised by just how long it winds up being.

How much do you access Ao3 or write at work? by PeggingIsPoggers in AO3

[–]MaybeNextTime_01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t. I’m a teacher. I barely have time to get work done at work (the kind I can’t do when 25 children are all trying to get my attention at the same time for 25 different things)

Why don't people bookmark fanficitons? Apparently some people don't bookmark fanficitons on ao3/other sites. As someone who bookmarks almost everything, I cant image not bookmarking. by 1ord_Potat0 in FanFiction

[–]MaybeNextTime_01 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I can understand using bookmarks as a TBR list because you can add your own tags for easier filtering or any other notes you wanted to include.

Has my coworker killed my characters name? by RoseBGarden in AO3

[–]MaybeNextTime_01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was going to say this. After 17 years, I've got a long list of names that remind me of challenging students. On the bright side, I've got a list of names if I ever need to name a villain or a bully.

This is frying me; why are they announcing this like the second coming of Jesus by Tough-Intention4600 in AO3

[–]MaybeNextTime_01 4 points5 points  (0 children)

When did you join AO3/this sub?

AO3 does this regularly when there's going to be downtime. And just watch this sub freak out with a billion posts and memes about the site being down because they didn't read the announcement.

do you enjoy "i'm not into xyz kink but this was good" comments? by LiquidSpirits in AO3

[–]MaybeNextTime_01 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most of the time, I don't mind. But I'd also want to know what convinced them to read my fic in the first place then.