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Adventuring party goes looking for their wizard who went missing one night.They think that they got kidnapped by the fey. It turns out that they just up and ,went back home after one too many insults. Now they’re in the wizard’s territory, and the family knows everything.

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Writing Prompt #2842

"What happens to me doesn't matter. I don't think you understand. I'm willing to do what it takes to make sure others are safe. I know there are risks, but I'm okay with that."

"But...but you can't do that to us! Why does everyone else matter more?"

"It's a numbers game. I suffer, you all suffer, and thousands and thousands of others are safe and happy."

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Ugh

When all you want to do is write but none of your characters seem to be on speaking terms with you...

#I just want to write

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words can't express how much i hate to do this but my employer has pushed me into a corner and i'm not sure where else to turn until this is resolved.

since taking time off work to care for my dying father who has now passed, despite agreeing to pay me compassionately for that time in conjunction with using what leave days i had left, my employer has docked my wage this month by £553.58. with the big expense of a funeral looming and new expenses of extra household bills added to my load, this is a huge blow to how i'd planned to manage things.

i am of course in dispute with my employer over this but i can't see it being resolved soon so in the short term, if anyone is able to help us during this difficult time i would be forever indebted to you, however small the support, and when i return to writing etc i promise to write you a story in return, to say thank you the only way i know how. i don't know how much more life can throw at me.

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why taking commissions for fanfics can KILL Archive of Our Own and fanfic culture as a whole

okay, so thing is, fanfics are allowed — as in they’re not banned — because nobody is supposed to be profiting off of copyrighted characters.

this is why popular site like Archive of Our Own is allowed to be up and running, because no one is supposed to be making money from fanfics.

the fact AO3 is allowed to be up and running, unfortunately, can and will most likely change if people start normalizing commissioning fanfics and making profit off of them.

because the second those big companies learn people are profiting off of their copyrighted characters, the target they will attack after you (in terms of legal action) is a platform like Archive of Our Own, which will likely ruin it all for everybody and every fandom.

imagine Archive of Our Own getting shut down because fanfics were banned because people were profiting off of them. (I know AO3 isn’t only about fanfics, but since it’s mostly known for fanfics, it will most likely get targeted and that will most likely mean it’ll get shut down if worst comes to worst.)

honestly. most people write fanfics in their free time for free out of passion and love they have for their favorite characters.

people read fanfics for free because that’s their source of happiness.

I’m not saying there will be no fanfics left in this world if they really are banned, because people will always find a way. but it WILL be so much harder having to sneak around and find a way to post fanfics without them getting removed at best, the authors getting sued at worst. and it WILL be harder for readers to find your works if we have to censor key words and character names in order to avoid getting caught.

it’s so much easier like this, we can freely post fanfics without having to hide and censor key words or worrying about anything.

no, I’m not making this post for the sake of those big companies. this post isn’t about “hey, don’t profit off of their characters”. it’s about “hey, don’t risk ruining fanfics culture as a whole for everybody by profiting off of them and putting a platform like Archive of Our Own in jeopardy.”

if you don’t want to live in a fandom without AO3, keep fanfics free.

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Me: I don't write for validation.

Also me when my story on AO3 gets a kudos:

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writing tips/inspo/help

Character Movements #1

Punctuating Dialogue

50 WORDS TO USE INSTEAD OF “SAID”

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DESCRIBING THE PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES OF CHARACTERS:

Vary your language with synonyms to use instead of "said"

WEBSITES FOR WRITERS

Descriptions in Between Dialogue

switch up your verbs (part one) ~

words to use when writing

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Writing Resources: References

Writing Resources: Advice and Motivation

Writing Resources: Basics

Writing Resources: Characters

Writing References: Narratives

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toxic traits

words to use instead of...

fight scene

how to create a supermarket setting

kissing vocab

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not to be controversial bc I know this is like…not in line with shifting opinions on fanfic comment culture but if there’s a glaring typo in my work I will NOT be offended by pointing it out. if ao3 fucks up the formatting…I will also not be offended by having this pointed out…

‘looking forward to the next update’ and ‘I hope you update soon!’ are different vibes than a demand, and should be read in good faith because a reader is finding their way to tell you how much they love it. I will not be mad at this.

‘I don’t usually like this ship but this fic made me feel something’ is also incredibly high praise. I’m not going to get mad at this.

even ‘I love this fic but I’m curious about why you made [x] choice’ is just another way a reader is engaging in and putting thought into your work.

I just feel like a lot of authors take any comment that’s not perfectly articulated glowing praise in the exact manner they’re hoping to receive it in bad faith.

fic engagement has been dropping across the board over the last several years, and yes it’s frustrating but it isn’t as though I can’t see how it happens. comment anxiety can be a real thing. the last thing anyone wants to do is offend an author they love, and that means sometimes people default to silence.

idk where I’m going with this I guess aside from saying unless a comment is outright attacking me I’m never going to get mad at it, and I think a lot of authors should feel the same way. ESPECIALLY TYPOS PLZ GOD POINT OUT MY TYPOS.

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#stray kids #bang chan #magic school #fan meeting #4th gen kpop

bloodtroth

I was today years old when I learned that when you type “otp: true” in AO3 search results it filters out fics with additional ships, leaving only the fics where your otp is the main ship