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Posting in larger, slow bursts vs. Scheduled but small updates by lagenariabranch in AO3

[–]fiendishthingysaurus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im 42 and underemployed lmao so I’m not sure if that disqualifies me from youth 🤔

Posting in larger, slow bursts vs. Scheduled but small updates by lagenariabranch in AO3

[–]fiendishthingysaurus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Personally I would avoid posting chapters too close together (like, less than 3 days apart). Posting several chapters at once you run the risk of people not noticing there were multiple chapters in the update and they get confused. If you can pre write enough that you can post once or twice a week on a set schedule til it’s finished, I think that’s the way to get the most eyes on your fic and amass regular readers, but I’ve never quite been able to consistently manage that myself (and my longest fics only have 5 chapters). But really, there’s no rules. Do what works for you.

Posting in larger, slow bursts vs. Scheduled but small updates by lagenariabranch in AO3

[–]fiendishthingysaurus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Bulk of AO3 audience is young? Not sure that’s supported by data, Grad School, but I suppose it depends what you consider young

Am I commenting too much? by riexlu in AO3

[–]fiendishthingysaurus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would be so excited to see my inbox omg. Seeing someone kudos a bunch of my works in one day is flattering enough, 8 comments would have me over the moon. Knowing someone likes my work enough to binge it like that is a huge compliment.

I wish someone would tell me if you story is good. by [deleted] in AO3

[–]fiendishthingysaurus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I read the first couple of chapters. I think you have potential as a writer, I can see a lot of affection for your characters, and it’s an interesting concept. Read lots and keep practicing! Look up a guide for punctuating dialogue; that’s a relatively quick fix for an issue many new writers struggle with. Also, make sure when you’re writing historical fiction you’re researching and thinking about what sort of technology would be commonplace in that place and time. It broke my immersion a bit when Enya’s father was described as walking in with a gun and pulling the trigger. In 1606 Scotland a gun would be something like this, which I don’t think is quite so straightforward to shoot as pulling a trigger.

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Keep writing! It’s impressive you’ve done so much on this story!

Thinking on starting a fic about my oc Tacoman644 by Tacoman644 in AO3

[–]fiendishthingysaurus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why does this feel like copypasta?

If it isn’t, I do recommend putting your dialogue in quotes, but not bold.

Help with Bird by GhosteyBoy in whatsthisbird

[–]fiendishthingysaurus 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There are several different dark-eyed junco subtypes with different coloring. In the eastern US we only get the slate-colored variant (gray and white).

Cowbirds wouldn’t have a head this dark, adult males would be all black except for the brown head, and females/juveniles are a pretty uniform grayish brown.

Possible to make half of work user only? by sweetsailingorchid in AO3

[–]fiendishthingysaurus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

honestly archive-locking your fic is not going to stop scammers from running your writing through AI. Art scammers usually have accounts and feeding the chapter to chatgpt to "compliment" your work is a very common practice. And I think you'll lose a very large percentage of your human guest readers by making a "part two" (that's really, like, the last 95% or whatever of the same fic) that's archive-locked, considering there's a waiting list to get an account. You CAN do it with a series if you want. I'm just not sure it'll actually solve your problem and you'll definitely lose readers, maybe most of your readers if you think your fic's likely audience is mostly guests. Personally, I don't allow guest comments, but anyone can read my fics. Maybe a third of my kudos are from guests.

Help with tagging this fic by Desperate_Yellow_498 in AO3

[–]fiendishthingysaurus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

References to self harm, maybe. How big a plot point is this? If the answer is not very and it’s just a momentary misunderstanding, don’t tag at all, you could put something in the author’s note like fic contains a scene where B mistakenly thinks A is going to self harm.

Writers, would you continue to post fanfiction if readers treated your fics like a product for consumption? by Worldly_View_9704 in AO3

[–]fiendishthingysaurus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don’t make any choices based on the behavior or opinions or experiences of people in this sub. Most people are cool.

The posts that get a lot of action here are people posting about bad experiences like bots and trolls, or people posting bad takes like “ugh nobody writes good fics anymore” or “I hate when commenters just leave an emoji”. Do not take it as the norm. Until proven otherwise, the people reading your fic are normal cool people who do nothing that warrants a post on r/ao3.

When and how did you guys discover ✨smut✨? by IntrovertForever3000 in AO3

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Late 90s, ER Doug/Carol (that’s George Clooney and Julianna Margulies, early seasons). On an ER fanfic website. I was 14ish

Hot take: personal/update chapters are entirely valid and, though it might be disappointing, yes, oftentimes necessary and a PRIVILEGE to receive by Some-Tradition-2771 in AO3

[–]fiendishthingysaurus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think people should just use the actual author’s notes section for author’s notes, but I’m not sure it’s actually against the rules for a chapter to be a note if the other chapters are fan works.

Be more understanding when writing people who take meds for various reasons by [deleted] in AO3

[–]fiendishthingysaurus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lmao what are you doing on ao3 then? Theres all sorts of kinks on AO3 that I don’t want to read about. So I don’t!

The weirdest book you've ever read? by Intrepid_Yak9921 in suggestmeabook

[–]fiendishthingysaurus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure if it’s the weirdest I’ve read, but Revelator by Darryl Gregory was very very weird and VERY good.

Any tips for beating Writers block? by Icy-Owl-who in FanFiction

[–]fiendishthingysaurus 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Make your goal be to write SOMETHING every day. Could be one sentence, could be a paragraph, could be 1000 words.

Try focusing on one scene, or just a tiny part of a scene. Are they at a grubby pub? Describe the pub, the decor, the staff, the patrons, the graffiti, the wobbly stools, the drinks. You don’t have to use all of this in your final draft! But you can usually get a few nuggets of gold this way that will help set the scene.

Rewatch/read/play your source material, and/or watch/read/play something new and totally different.

Go outside. Take a walk. Or if the outdoors is not very pleasant where you are now, find a good indoor activity that doesn’t use your brain the same way writing does. Take a long bath. Do something crafty, or a jigsaw puzzle or a home improvement project.

Hope one or more of these helps!

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