do no harm take no bullshit

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[catchymemes]

[puyopuyopopee]

I’m noticing an increase in new fic writers on AO3 who…uh…mayy not know how to format their fics correctly..so here is a quick and VERY important tip

Using a random fic of mine as example..

The left example: ✅✅✅

The right example: ❌❌❌

Idk how many times I’ve read a good fic summary and been so excited to read before clicking on it and being met with an ugly wall of text. When I see a huge text brick with zero full line breaks my eyes blur and I just siiiigh bc either I click out immediately or I grin and bear it…it’s insufferable!

If a new character speaks, you need a line break. If you notice a paragraph is becoming too large, go ahead and make a line break and/or maybe reconfigure the paragraph to flow better. I’m not a pro writer or even a huge fic writer but…please…ty…

[ao3-shenanigans]

This is a good thing to keep in mind! It is often and unfortunate that a really good fic doesn’t get love because its formatting makes it too difficult to read!

[asymmetryestablished]

I think I figured out why this happens!

AO3's posting form has two modes: Rich Text and HTML. the vast majority of people write in Rich Text editors, aka any normal word processing software (MS Word, Google Docs, Apple Pages, what have you). but when you first open it, the posting form opens in HTML view. if you paste formatted text into HTML view, it erases every piece of formatting, including paragraph spacing.

this is an easy fix. when you go to post your fic, make sure the posting form looks like this:

not like this:

and please spread the word! this is an important piece of computer literacy that nobody is teaching to the new generations and they deserve to know

[sweaterkittensahoy]

Oh, if you're posting by copying from tumblr and pasting to AO3, use Rich Text. It'll keep the paragraph spacing. If you don't, you get the jammed up version.

[razziecat]

Just want to add, if you post in HTML you can still go in there and add line breaks/paragraph breaks.

Sometimes I have to adjust the breaks in rich text, too. Point is you don't have to leave a wall of text as-is. You can fix that before posting. Please do!

[shanna254]

😏😏😏😏😏😏

[damnamour]

CORONATION STREET ― 29th November 2024

[roxyandthepink]

It's the quiet "do I look alright" for me. I mean, you've looked in a mirror right Carla?

[lesbiancosmicowl]

You must miss being close to someone... ↳ Carla & Lisa + Hands

[roxyandthepink]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 2/2 Fandom: Coronation Street Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Carla Connor/Lisa Swain Characters: Carla Connor, Lisa Swain Summary:

From "don't" to "flaming heck". Carla's POV.

I wrote a thing.

[lesblr-deactivated20241128]

lisa x carla - coronation street 22.11.24

[willgrahamscock]

when you finish a fic that was everything you could of hoped for and you click on their user to see that they’ve written dozens of fics for that pairing

[tumbler-polls]

Are you:

gen alpha (2013 – 2025)

true gen z (2000 – 2012)

zillennial (1993 – 1999)

true millennial (1981-1992)

gen x (1965 – 1980)

boomer (1955 – 1964)

even older than that

Voting ended onMar 1, 2024

[nat-20s]

Love when people try to understand how things work in Doctor Who as if it hasn't been purely Vibes based for six decades

[sangoundercover]

just reading

[catchymemes]

[theroguefeminist]

little known fact, once you are older & no longer in school, time stops being real. did that thing happen one year ago? two? five? a few months ago? who knows. 

[sportwnt]

besties

hii! like or reblog if you save/use

[iwtv1976]

Let’s take some tumblr population sample statistics

How old are you?

Under 13

13/14/15

16/17/18

19/20/21

22/23/24

25/26/27

28/29/30

31/32/33

34/35/36

37+

Voting ended onFeb 16, 2023

I just want to know the age breakdown of this website so reblog please

[userglitched]

"i'll remember the exact phrasing of the paragraph i just thought of for my fic when i get to my computer later, i don't need to write it down or put it in my notes app" this is the devil speaking

[funnytwittertweets]