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list of favorite things as a fanfic author:
When someone is really freaking mad at me for inducing an emotional response from them
when readers give me a background of how/when they read my writing
when readers give me a background of why they shouldn’t have been reading my writing (usually while at work)
when readers quote my work back to me in comments
the frickin’ real heroes here, the ones who comment on every chapter of an ongoing multi-chapter fic
So, I posted a fic today, and as I was setting up the AO3 post, I found myself writing in the end notes an impassioned - almost desperate, ngl - plea for comments. For interaction.
And yeah, for validation too. Because you know what? Writing is hard - despite commonly held misconceptions, it takes a shit-ton of effort to take some blank, empty void of a page and fill it with something that lives and breathes and touches the minds and hearts of others.
And don’t you dare wave that “you should be writing for yourself” bullshit in my face. It’s been a long, long time since I’ve been able to do that, and honestly I’m glad managed to recover as much as I have and write as much as I do. Having an audience is an integral part of the writing process.
Let me repeat that.
HAVING AN AUDIENCE IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE WRITING PROCESS.
We fanfic authors don’t ask for much. As someone who is a published author, who has been published in a Real Physical Book™ and was paid hundreds of dollars in Honest-to-God cold-hard cash for less work than I put into my fanfic, let me tell you, a few comments will not pay my tuition or buy my groceries or put clothes on my back. Compared to the hours of labor that went into earning the money I was paid with, comments take substantially less time to create.
And yet, to us, they are priceless. Authors will create entire worlds for the sake of making a single person smile. YOU CAN BE THAT PERSON. WE WILL WRITE FOR YOU HAPPILY.
You just have to let us know you care.
And you’d better do it soon. I’ve heard too many authors all too willing to pull their tumblrs and erase or abandon their fics on AO3 because they have grown weary of screaming into the void. That fanfic you love? Gone. That chapter you’re waiting for? Never gonna happen. How many of you have bookmark lists with fics already missing? I bet you won’t even remember which one it is.
You can keep that from happening. Just write “Omg thank you for updating, I really liked _________!” and fill in the blank. Someone worked hard to put that smile on your face. You can make them smile in return.
“And don’t you dare wave that “you should be writing for yourself” bullshit in my face. “
This so fucking much!! Writers write to be read!
Writers write to be read.
Always comment, folks.
Fic tag: slow burn
Me, cracking my knuckles: not if you read it fast enough
me asking my friends to beta my writing
fanfic writer moods
the thrill of posting something
you’ve got comments emails
existential crisis’s over getting views but no feedback
24 hour high of getting a long ass comment
the inclination to Stop
the addiction to keep going overtaking that
‘when’s the next update?’ lol, wish I knew friend
*¼ through a fanfic* wait i’ve read this before
*2/4 through a fanfic* lol no i haven’t wtf is hapenning
* ¾ through fanfic* OMG I’VE READ THIS BEFORE
Alternatively:
*¼ through fanfic* Wow, this is a great, unique plot!
*½ through fanfic* Holy shit, what happens next??
*¾ through fanfic* I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THIS WILL BE RESOLVED!!!
*fanfic finished, kudos button mashed* AO3: You have already left kudos here. :)
are you kidding me I have to give this fic a title?!! wasn’t it enough that I wrote the damn thing
Looking for the fluff instead of the smut
1k words with inspiration: literally 10 minutes or less of writing. a breeze
1k words without inspiration: i will do it. i will take the ring to mordor
me, the motherfucker with over 50 abandoned works in progress: i have another idea
Imagine being a writer, and then after your book’s release and when the hype goes through the roof, you write fanfiction for it, then you tweet “there is a fanfic out there that is totally canon. Try and find it.” Then all your readers are scouring every fanfic website, trying to find which one is yours, meanwhile helping all these fanfic writers get readers.
I mean david gaider did this. david gaider wrote dragon age 2 fanfiction on the kink meme and we still don’t know for sure which one is his
WHAT
WHAT
WHAT
Ah I remember this, because Gaider was talking (on Twitter) about how he spent a lot of time on the kink meme reading stories. Then thousands of kink meme authors freaked out, wondering if Gaider came across theirs and then he winky face announced writing fanfic on the kink meme for fun.
The DA Kink Meme Scandal was a classic.
Took awhile, but you’re welcome.
An actual gay legend.
Writing smut in the middle of the night like:
Me: -stares into the void-
The Void: write the next fucking chapter of your fanfic.
you ever start rereading your WIP to get in the mood and write more and you get so caught up that when you get to the end you’re like “bitch? where’s the rest?” and you realize you’re the bitch and you have to write it
me: why is my fic not done already
my piece of shit rational brain: you gotta like… write it bro
me:
judging by fan fictions, the only jobs in the world are being a teacher, lawyer, waiter, or working at a coffee shop
and man do the people with those jobs have a lot of sex
Based on AO3′s AU - Career tag, these are the top 20 areas of employment in the fanfic universe:
Coffeeshop Owners and Employees (about 1/3 of the population)
Teachers
Police and Federal Agents
Office Workers - Generic
Doctors and Nurses
Florists
Bakers
Private Investigators
Models, Fashion Designers and Photographers
Bartenders
Restaurant Owners and Waitstaff
Bookstore Employees
Artists
Lawyers
Firefighters
Authors and Editors
Grocery Store Employees
Pizza Delivery Drivers
Chefs
Journalists
forget slow burn romance, give me slow burn found family. give me enemies to friends to siblings. tired, weary old mentors learning to live again for their plucky young apprentices. heroes sharing apartments after world saving adventures because they’re so used to living with each other. dramatic “oh shit” moments where one gets kidnapped and the other realizes “god, that’s my kid.” i want to sit and watch in agony for thirty chapters while two idiots slowly adopt each other, someone get on it
hnnnngh YES PLEASE
