the writer's brain is a mess

Fic, prompts, headcanons and fandom galore. Find me on AO3 Brightest_Moonstone. Like my work? Buy me a coffee :) https://ko-fi.com/brightest_moonstone Header image courtsey of the incomparable Mayurei ♡ Credit to lully on picrew for my profile image

[teh-nos]

this fic is so good i hope i write it

[redstairs]

I saw this and had to save this image cause I definitely have a few readers like this.

[wizardysseus]

the writer’s urge to ask your friends “do you wanna see a little somethin’ i’ve been working on?” when the little somethin’ you’ve been working on is 800 words and ends in the middle of a sentence

[akirametalent]

how other people see my enthusiasm in writing fics: passion

how it really is:

[melodicwriter]

[boydykedoctor]

ao3 comments will be like “i like this line of your fic” and my reply will be like “fantastic thank you here’s my entire thought process about how i ended up with that particular line and also an outline for another fic i have and fifteen resources i used to research 1980s politics” and nobody asked for that chill

[yokothetypo]

i asked for that

[lizardlicks]

No we 100% asked for that.

[spacecasehobbit]

Definitely asked for that, and also here’s the other three dozen lines from your fic that I liked and the outline for the fic they inspired me to write plus some extra character meta that at this point is only tangentially related to your fic but was definitely inspired by those 1980s politics resources and -

[greenjudy]

Yep.

[saathi1013]

This is literally how I made most of my fandom besties.

[sweetiepie08]

Listen…

Fic Commenters: If you ever want to make a comment going on depth about a part of a fic that stood out to you, but think “does the author really want to read all this?” The answer is YES! YES WE DO WANT TO READ ALL THAT!!!!

Fic authors: If you ever see a comment that makes you want to explain your thought process behind your writing, and you think “does the commenter really want to read all this?” The answer is YES! YES WE DO WANT TO READ ALL THAT!!!

[cupids-fiction]

god bless anyone who comments on ao3

[moonstone-writes]

From 2020 til late 2022 I played in a homebrew d&d game my character was a wood elf ranger called Sif

(art by pugcrumbs)

Just for fun I thought I'd rewrite her story, using backstory elements that didn't come up in that game and detail some of her romance with our party's druid but without the world ending campaign storyline happening

I've been working on this for like... A year and it's now finished

Would ppl be interested if I posted it here?

[moonstone-writes]

A friend of a friend designed a cover for my self indulgence... I am so floored

It's perfect

[thebookbutterfly]

I love it when fan fiction writers are like: “ah shit, this was meant to be one part but I started writing it and now it has to be three”. Like the fanfic is happening to them and not being created by them.

[extraneousdominomask]

Disgusting. I've gotten sadly used to spam comments on Fanfiction dot net, trying to prey on authors' enthusiasm with bogus offers to "partner" on a comic adaptation of the fic in question. Unfortunately, I just got my first on the previously-safe AO3.

Now more than ever, leave comments on things. This shit-ass internet has now even ruined the excitement of seeing a new comment come in.

[moonstone-writes]

My deepest condolences. Truly

This is why I locked my works on AO3

The bots are out of control

[extraneousdominomask]

This was a simple little idea I had after playing that Spiderman PS4 game. months ago.

it is now a four-part miniseries please enjoy

AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/73523406

FF: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14520604/1/Spiderthief-and-his-Amazing-Work-Associates

[reiding-and-writing]

Reblog if you're a fanfic writer and you wanna know what your followers' favorite story of yours is ❤

[iguessyouregonnamissthepantyraid]

"should we tell authors on ao3 when we have discord conversations about their fics" i don't speak for everyone here but if y'all ever find a group chat discussing my fics you can should must and WILL send me screenshots of the whole damn thing. inflate my ego. gimme

[the960writers]

this whole thing with people discussing a fic in secret, on closed discord servers, instead of leaving a nice comment, is such a loss for fandom. we're losing fic writers with every fic with hundreds of hits and barely a comment.

writers publish to be read. fanfic is meant to be a conversation.

[hellsquills]

Honestly finding out some people have been discussing my fics would make my whole week

PLEASE tell me

[grelbin]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SLY!!

[extraneousdominomask]

Here's my new story! The one that I could only release on September 23rd specifically!

On either AO3 or FF.net, you can at last check out:

Bisexual Something Day

[the-carmelita-collection]

...so it's been a full year💀 (wip)

[extraneousdominomask]

For the IMMEDIATE attention of @inspector-montoya-fox

[inspector-montoya-fox]

This is literal perfection.

[trevenanl-deactivated20200913]

Carly Simon writing You’re So Vain about such a specific man, yet including the line “you probably think this song is about you” so that if he took it personally he would prove her point? Unparalleled power move