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Saved Filters on AO3
Hey hey, everyone, guess what: I found a way to set up saved filters for AO3 that works on mobile (as well as on desktop). It’s a teensy bit fiddly, but it works holy shit.
I’ve posted a text guide with more detailed general instructions for mobile users as a work on my AO3 account; it also includes a quick guide for desktop users, where the process differs a bit. A somewhat more tech-y version can be found in my repository on GitHub.
Under the cut I’ll start walking through the entire process using Chrome on an Android phone, with screenshots to show what I’m doing in each step. Due to tumblr’s limitations regarding images, this guide has been spread across multiple posts:
Setting up your filters and saving them as a browser bookmark
Turning the info regarding your filters from said bookmark into a bookmarklet that will apply them to any other works or bookmarks listing page
Making use of the bookmarklet when browsing
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truly the thing that has most improved my mental wellbeing since my slow motion mental breakdown sophomore year was not actually improving my time management skills and getting more organized or any of those things that ive been bad at my entire life but instead just not glowing with incandescent self loathing and inadequacy because of it. like i still do a ton of shit at the last minute and forget to open important emails and my bedroom is a mess but im sooo much happier because at least i am not constantly stewing in overwhelming guilt because of it.
a lot of adhd hacks and stuff are centered on how to be more productive and organized and how to like cheat your brain into conforming to neurotypical expectations and like! that is useful and we do live in a society so we have to find ways to navigate that and all.
but what really cut down my mental anguish that my adhd was causing by like 80% was going from spending several hours berating myself until i did my task at the last minute, and then spending several hours berating myself afterwards for doing it at the last minute to instead just doing it at the last minute and not punishing myself for it.
sure the common wisdom is not to do things at the last minute but frankly the amount of psychic bullying i have to do to myself to do things any other way isnt worth it.
This. Self-acceptance is hard when the ADHD traits you have are unacceptable to other people (”why don’t you just” “how can you live like” “I can’t stand to see the way you”). But you can take a step back and ask yourself: is this an actual functional problem where the thing doesn’t get done adequately? Or are you mostly managing to do the thing okay, but other people are aesthetically offended by your style and process even though they acknowledge the end result is acceptable?
It turns there are a lot of places in life where you can metaphorically say, “If you don’t like the way I drive, please feel free to get out and walk” to both your inner critics and the outside ones that put those voices in your head.
Media Market Research (and why its undermining all the things you love)
Trying to understand what is dysfunctional about Hollywood is an epic task, and the answers are like the stars – arguably infinite. Hollywood is dysfunctional for literally more reasons than I could count.
But market research plays a fairly heavy role in its dysfunction (IMO) and the time has finally come for me to add my professional two cents about this issue. (This rant of mine has been building for a while, FYI. Hence why it is so…comprehensive. There is a tl;dr section towards the bottom, if you want the high level summary)
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I used to think I can't have ADHD because I wasn't hyperactive.
Not everyone can allow themselves to act on their hyperactivity, so we find ways to redirect or hide the understimulation.
(Sneak introduction to the new inattentive Alien! A hommage to a collab I did with René ♥️)
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executive dysfunction is legitimately physically uncomfortable. i’ll be trapped between two things, weirdly caught on how-much-time-it-might-take-me. i take hours worried im going to take hours doing things. i’ll sit on the floor for the entire day, caught up in the middle of not-doing the chores i actually do want to be doing.
& the amount of mental energy that goes into it. & the legitimate amount of anger and discomfort and self-hate. is not “being lazy”. it’d be a lot less work if i didn’t have to fight myself to just get up and do it.
i just need you to understand it’s not effortless. it’s never effortless. it’s not “okay let me just get up and finally start doing this.” it’s more like. i am slamming my foot on the pedal but the car is in neutral and nothing is moving. it’s more like shouting instructions into a dying telephone. it’s more like being trapped in a small electric box, and someone who hates me is administering shocks.
im trying. im trying. please help me get up.
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This came across my feed a little bit ago so I'm glad I finally have context for it
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God, that explains this:
50 tips for (fanfic) writing
have fun
write whatever is interesting to you, even if it won’t be interesting to anyone else
appreciate kudos when they come, but don’t expect them
appreciate comments when they come, but don’t expect them
if you wish you could just write that one scene you have in your head, do that. you don’t need to create a 30K backstory for it first.
embrace one shots
embrace drabbles
embrace writing your story out of order
rough drafts are meant to be rough. if you can’t think of a word, put in a placeholder for it and keep going.
try not to get stuck on the little things
it’s okay if your readers can’t see the picture inside of your head
some people work well when they have a posting schedule. some people work well when they don’t. it’s okay if you don’t know which kind of person you are, and it’s okay if the type of person you are changes over time.
if a rule you created for yourself isn’t working for you, get rid of that rule.
make fandom friends. even if they don’t read your fic, they’ll cheer you on while you write it.
cheer on other writers you know. you’ll be cheering yourself at the same time.
no trope or genre is better or worse than another one. they all just appeal to different audiences.
quality and popularity are not the same thing, although they do sometimes overlap
numbers and statistics will never tell you whether or not you’re a good writer. they will never tell you how valuable you are as a person.
you belong in fandom if you want to be there
you’re a writer as soon as you start writing things
writing and posting are two different things. your story is still worth writing, even if you never plan to share it
you don’t need to apologize for what you write or what you post.
don’t worry about taking up too much space. the internet doesn’t have a maximum size.
keep your readers in mind when you’re tagging your content. how could they search for your fic? if you use a tag, will be a reader who loves that tag be satisfied with how much it appears in your story?
if you have a relationship in your fic that plays a minor role, tag it in the Additional Tags section instead of the Relationship section so that people who love that ship don’t get their hopes up
be cautious when looking at bookmarks on your fic. they aren’t “extra comments.” that’s a space where readers make notes for themselves and each other, not for authors.
you don’t need to know everything about canon before you start writing fic
you don’t need to read fic in the same fandoms you write for
you don’t need to read fic at all in order to write it
love your work because sometimes you’re the only one who will - and that’s okay
if your hobby starts feeling like a job, you might need to take a break before you get burnt out
if you get stuck on a story, you can always start a new one
if you fall out of love with a story, you can always stop writing it. if you’re worried about your readers, you can always give them a bullet point summary of where you were planning to go with thing. for a lot of people, that’s satisfying and provides closure
if you get hate, report it
use the tools at your disposal to block hate before it can come in (limiting or turning off comments, limiting or turning off asks, blocking users, etc)
try replying to comments sometimes. it can be a lovely way to make fandom friends
don’t be afraid to reblog your own writing posts.
if you get stuck on your summary, just write 1) who the story is about 2) what they are doing and 3) what problem gets in their way
notice when your writing makes you smile. that moment is a gift. enjoy it.
notice when your writing makes you cry. that moment is a gift, too.
even if you’re disappointed in how your story turned out, there’s something in there that’s fantastic. find that thing and focus on it and feel proud.
some ideas are ones you want to write. some are ones you want to read. if you ever have too many ideas to deal with at once, give some of the latter ones away to someone else.
sometimes the things you write will be really personal. be careful about putting them where other people can comment. they won’t know how personal it is for you, and you need to remember that comments aren’t about you, they’re about the story.
remember that you can write series as well as stories. if the story is done but you still have passion or ideas, start a new one in the same universe.
enjoy the satisfaction of finishing a story. savour it. bask in it a little while.
don’t feel guilty about abandoning a story. not every story gets finished, and that’s okay
you can have separate accounts for different fandoms. you can have one account with a million fandoms in it. do whatever works for you.
sometimes writing is more important than sleep - but only sometimes
it doesn’t matter if that story has been written before by someone else. it doesn’t matter if it was written by you. write it again.
only follow the advice that makes sense to you. the rest isn’t important.
Did you know that AO3 allows fics with homicide in them? There’s a whole tag for Major Character Death and even more tags so you can find exactly what kind of character death you want to read.
Don’t they know that murder is illegal? You just know there are a bunch of homicidal maniacs out there who love to read those stories. They write them, too, in between killing people.
Anyone can read the stories on AO3! Kids can read them! They’re getting exposed to stabbing, poisoning, even guns! And they’re writing the heroes doing the killing, too! That’s basically telling kids it’s okay to go out and murder their families. It’s promoting violence and encouraging homicide and if we don’t do something about it soon, you’ll be murdered next!
Could you give the full explanation for why you dislike the "comments = paying for fic" analogy? Thanks!
I don’t want capitalist ideology affecting the way that I use my free time. Strong words, I know, but I feel strongly about that. My free time can be spent however I want it to be spent, and I don’t want anyone telling me that I should be “monetizing” it or that I’m missing out on cashing in. I don’t care. I want to write stories to make myself happy and to make other people happy. The end. No caveats about commenting attached.
Fic is not my job. My job is my job. Fic is one of the ways I decompress from working and from the rest of my life. If I let myself start going down the path of “I should be paid for this” then I’ll just be working all the time. Fic will be an obligation rather than an outlet, and I want my hobby to remain a hobby.
Tied to this idea of “payment” is the idea of a minimum wage. The idea that just because I’ve written and posted a fic, I deserve “the bare minimum” of a kudos if someone reads it. I’ve been caught by this particular lie before and it’s an insidious one. Clicking the kudos button is so easy, but if we make it a requirement for everyone who finishes a story to click on it, then it loses all value. Why have a kudos button if clicking it is required?
This also leads to the idea of readers somehow “stealing” a story if they read it without leaving kudos or a comment. I often see the argument that published authors get paid when people buy their books, so fic authors should get paid in comments and kudos. Well, if reading without “paying” for it is “theft” then shouldn’t we arrest everyone with a library card? Is it also theft if I really loved a book and lend my copy to a friend? They haven’t bought the book, but they’re reading it.
Look, I get that everyone wants more comments and kudos. We want to know for sure that we’re really “good” and other people telling us that is what feels like the best way to know. It’s the part where it becomes required that makes me incredibly uncomfortable. I want more comments and kudos just like everyone else, but I’m not the one who decides whether I get them. I’m okay with that. I still like my story even if no one else even reads it. That’s the important thing.
Just to add onto this because I was thinking of it again, I also get uncomfortable when I see people emphasizing that they write fic FOR FREE. This is usually said in the midst of the concrit debate, ie. “You shouldn’t criticize my fic because you didn’t have to pay for it.”
In my opinion, it’s not the lack of payment that makes criticism (constructive or otherwise) such a debatable topic in fic circles. It’s the fact that the people who are writing fanfiction are very often just doing it for fun.
I enjoy slapping paint on a canvas sometimes. The fact that I do it without getting paid isn’t the reason why I don’t expect an art critic to come along and talk to me about my poor brush strokes. The reason why I wouldn’t appreciate that sort of commentary is because that person would be completely missing the point of what I was doing. I wasn’t trying to create a masterpiece. I was trying to relax and de-stress and make myself something pretty. A nice bonus would be if anyone else found it pretty too.
And maybe someone else out there is trying to paint the next Mona Lisa. Good for them. But if that art critic doesn’t know which one of us they’re talking to then perhaps they should get to know us a bit better first.
Clearly I’m still thinking about this topic and my opinion is growing and changing with the more thought that I give it. Maybe in a few more months I’ll reblog this again.
as much as i am definitely anti-paywall and i wholeheartedly think newspapers specifically have a duty to not lock news behind a paywall, i think it’s important to keep in mind that the reason right-wing shit never has paywalls is because they’re being given a blank cheque by incredibly wealthy people who are relying on the continued existence of the infinite conservative propaganda machine. anybody not part of that machine instead has to ask its audience to help fund the news. it’s not enough to just demand that news sites remove paywalls (though they should), we also have to ask why they’re struggling to remain afloat while alt-right news sites rake in millions because they can afford to just throw out all the horseshit they can because they’re literally never in danger of shutting down or going bankrupt. like yeah sure the paywalls but this cannot be allowed just like in general we cannot seriously be doing this
The force works in mysterious ways and after years of travelling through the galaxy Finn was able to find a path to his destiny
these are some legitimately relatable protagonists, tbh
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tbh I think landscaper/sex shop owner should be the hot new au. florist/tattoo artist au but make it 2020. we need new cliches in this chili's
if it's an ot3 situation the owner of the crematorium can be there too, the more the merrier
you’re right and you should say it. make it so, fandom. tag your ships.
i’m all for the ot3s
Can we all just appreciate that Alex Hirsch, creator of Gravity Falls, was prank calling Republican voter fraud hotlines on November 6, 2020?
He framed an article talking about this and keeps it with his other accolades.
This cracks me up. So at my job I have to answer emails from all over the world and sometimes people in other countries have a strange grasp on american english. I've been called things like "My Lord" etc. Today we got an email from Germany that just opened with, "Hello Y'all"
