You canāt improve without writing.
Always have back up of your stuff.
Distraction-free software that helps you write do exist.
Pasting your text from google docs onto AO3 will make it look funny.
Thereās a scriptā that solves that problem.
Feedback (or the lack thereof) is never what you expect.
Learn to write for yourself in the first place.
Not everything you write will be the best fic everā¢.
You canāt control how people react to your stuff.
No self-deprecation. Seriously.
A good summary attracts people. (No āI suck at summariesā there!)
Punctuation and structure are so important.
Donāt be afraid of using a characterās name. Thatās why they have one.
Get a beta reader if you can.
Itās YOUR story and only you can tell it.
DO write that 9861th coffee shop AU for your fandom.
Researching is good but donāt let it keep you from writing.
Tag your stuff accordingly.
Advice you see around arenāt supreme rules set in stone.
Youāll learn more about your style as you go.
Donāt compare your writing to othersā. Especially āfamousā fic writers.
Perfection doesnāt exist. Stop striving for it and just write.
A rough draft is better than NO story.
Itās okay to move on from an unfinished work to a new one.
Itās okay to not write 200K words in an hour.
Any length of writing is okay. Just focus on telling YOUR story.
Slumps and writer block are common.
You can always improve your writing if you want to.
Read lots and notice what you like in other peopleās writing.
If youāre not having fun take a step back.
Set up a sideblog for writing on tumblr.
Tag your stuff accordingly. (both on AO3 and tumblr)
Follow spaces for fanfic discussions like @ao3commentoftheday
Thereās no consensus about ANYTHING regarding fanfiction.
You canāt please everyone but you can please yourself.
Some people out there are rude and canāt be reasoned with.
Fanfiction is NOT your job. Donāt feel guilty for ānot updating in monthsā.
Publish your stuff because you want to share it.
Everybody write crappy fics. Write yours.
Game soundtracks (instrumental) are great to play while writing.Ā
Thereās always somebody out there waiting for your fic.
Many times you wonāt hear but they exist.
Have fun. Indulge yourself. Treat yo self.
Writing is the best thing but also the worst.
Jot down those ideas. You wonāt āremember laterā. Seriously you wonāt.
Inspiration often hits you when you CANāT write.
It also often leaves when you can write.
Everybody hates and loves writing. Thatās the life of a writer for ya.
Even your fave fic writer can feel ehhĀ about the fic of theirs you LOVE.
Starting from the middle or the end IS a thing.
Listen to Natasha Bedingfieldās Unwritten. She knows whatās up.
