- Some Squidgeworld Info
Heya fellow readers, since AO3 is down I decided to start crossposting to squidgeworld. I just wanted to give any fellow authors a heads up that if you do make sure to read their rules about...
242 points61 comments6 d ago
- Where do y’all write your fics
And I don’t mean, “what platform you post them on?” No, I want to know that when you are writing your fics, what is your go to site to write them on. I am aware that Ao3 (I miss you) has a draft...
168 points302 comments4 d ago
- Has anyone else encountered the "Outadated by Canon" trope?
One caveat of writing for a very recently released and ongoing series is that new updates can completely invalidate popular fanon ideas and perceptions. It can also leave a writer having to decide...
129 points56 comments7 d ago
- Is it normal for beta readers to ask for compensation?
I made a post on tumblr asking if anyone was interested in beta reading one of my fics. I haven't had a beta reader before, but thought it could be good since ao3 is down and I won't be able to...
128 points74 comments3 d ago
- What age did you start writing fan fiction?
Until this week I'd have said pretty late, well into adulthood. This evening, my 8 year old came in and asked me to read something he'd written. It was a story where the Hunger Games was taking...
126 points147 comments3 d ago
- Do you ever see something in a fic that you really, really dislike/don’t understand, and genuinely just wants to know the author’s reasoning behind it?
Like, a certain troupe, plot development, choice, anything. I’m not gonna name any names here, but this sometimes happens where the author makes a decision that I really just can’t understand, and...
76 points90 comments7 d ago
- Any Discord communities you could recommend for older fanfiction writers?
I am 40 years old and trying to get back to fanfiction, I wrote maybe a dozen or so in my lifetime (most of them in my late 20s). I have been sitting on an idea for a fanfic for about 3 months...
75 points48 comments4 d ago
- What was your first ever fanfic/fandom you read?
Mine was for Naruto when it was still airing.
73 points161 comments2 d ago
- I still use Docs for fanfiction writing. How exactly is Ellipsis different? [Genuine curiousity]
I see people saying you shouldn't write on Google anymore. Tbh I don't really know exactly WHY but I can assume Google is feeding your writing into AI, because of course they would. Is Ellipsis...
71 points89 comments4 d ago
- How can a scene feel like a masterpiece when you write it, only for you to reread it later and feel like a toddler wrote it?
Okay I don’t even know what to title this post and honestly don’t even know if my question is making any sense. I will try my best though. I think an experience most writers have in common is that...
67 points22 comments6 d ago