olderthannetfic: – Oh god. This topic comes around every 6 months or so. Others should feel free to help me out here, but basically… A lot of fanfic sounds like the other fanfic and other stuff that the same communities[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
we-built-the-shadows-here: thelittleblackfox: naraht: hazeldomain: – what time it is – how long you’ve been reading – how many chapters you’ve covered in the last 24 hours – what you were late for because you were reading – the woeful few[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
myfandomrealitea: The day that you understand that fanfiction has no literary/value difference to published literature and writing is the day you will understand exactly why readers and authors need a symbiotic relationship in fanfiction media just as much as the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Oh I LOVE this one. Did a chrisker drabble for it, but I might have to turn it into a whole fic. Smile (100 words) by thesavagesabretoothChapters: 1/1Fandom: Biohazard | Resident Evil (Gameverse)Rating: MatureWarnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💞 If you keep at it, you will finish writing your story. 💞 You don’t have to write a lot at a time to finish your story. 💞 You don’t have to make sure everything is perfect, or even good[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hey anon, thanks for checking in. Here’s a list of people who shouldn’t post on wattpad: ✳️ People who don’t want their writing’s visibility to their audience determined by the algorithm. ✳️ People who don’t want the website they’re on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Oh! A good one! With a prompt like this I can’t help but go Silent Hill. Text below the cut. Cut for spoilers and violence. AO3 link Erotic Horror prompt list — “You’re not real,” James rasped out as his[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Next week is the one year anniversary of my and my partner’s longfic The Primrose Path to Hell, and honestly a year later I still love it to pieces. I’ve been thinking about it recently and wish that I could[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
❣️All fiction writing is serious writing. ❣️Alternately, no fiction writing is serious writing. ❣️Don’t let people shame you for what you want to write, or tell you you should be writing something else. ❣️You are not ‘wasting’ your talent by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Wheel of Fortune: Bad luck. Time heals all wounds. Long-term captivity. Painful anniversaries. Wrong place, wrong time. I’ve been meaning to write something with Northstar. What an opportunity!! Might make some people uncomfortable, so its going under a cut. —[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Heroism – thesavagesabretooth – Biohazard | Resident Evil (Gameverse) [Archive of Our Own] Heroism (1215 words) by thesavagesabretoothChapters: 1/1Fandom: Biohazard | Resident Evil (Gameverse)Rating: Teen And Up AudiencesWarnings: No Archive Warnings ApplyRelationships: Chris Redfield/Albert WeskerCharacters: Chris Redfield (Resident Evil), Albert[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
catgirl-catboy: Non-infantilzing ways to help Aspec/Arospec people in fandom: (From, an ace thats tired of the way my sexuality is talked about.) put in the tags of your E rated fic if the smut is essential to the plot, or[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ooooh, I have a vibe for this…. — Chris felt like he was floating. He wasn’t blind, but there was nothing to see but a pale, blue green haze that shimmered and quivered as pale smears of light went past,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
majoringinsarcasm: DONT BE AFRAID TO COMMENT ON OLD FICS DONT BE AFRAID TO COMMENT ON FICS IN A FANDOM THE AUTHOR MAY NO LONGER BE ACTIVE IN. IF THE STORY IS STILL UP LET THEM KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS IT MIGHT[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The best thing about creating a fictional dystopian society with complex and rigidly enforced social hierarchy or caste system is that you have more narrative opportunities to create romances and relationships which abuse the power of, or pervert and disregard[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Nothing more dangerous than re-reading your old fic, and realizing oh shit, this is really good. I need to go back and finish this.
🖤 Whether or not a taboo, unpleasant, or illegal subject in a piece of fiction has been ‘romanticized’ or ‘glorified’ is an entirely subjective opinion based on a personal reading of the text. 🖤 You cannot assume that an author[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The wild thing about writing fanfiction for a canon source that’s comparatively short is that some day you might have written more of the characters and setting than the original author ever did.
doctorcorby: The Departure of the Great Returned Soul – Chapter 1 – Overlord_Mordax, VickytheSnake – Raffles – E. W. Hornung [Archive of Our Own The Departure of the Great Returned Soul (23153 words) by Overlord_Mordax, VickytheSnakeChapters: 6/8Fandom: Raffles – E.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
zyesha: Is answering comments on AO3 a no-go because it alters your comments-count? Okay, so I got a question. I started uploading my art also on AO3, mostly because there will be NSWF stuff which I can’t upload here. Now[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I haven’t worked on The Monster’s Name Was Adam (chrisker fic), but when I do we are basically RIGHT at the part where Wesker’s going to come back to life and I am so fucking excited to write that reunion[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
minu-moni: Okay so this was supposed to be short but I’m physically incapable of doing that I guess lmao. But here it is!! (Hope tumblr doesn’t fuck up the editing 🙄) How did things get this bad? Karkat was used[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
a-low-winter-sun: Oooo good choice!! Thor hasn’t ceased his excited rambling since Loki returned to life—and though he’s just as overjoyed to be reunited with his brother, he’s growing tired of waiting for Thor to leave him an opening to speak.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Chrisker again, then. 😅 — Wesker paced around Chris with his hands behind his back and a smirk on his smug face, as Chris struggled against the tight bonds that held him to the chair. “You put up a good[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🔹 Fictional characters are not real people. 🔹 Fictional characters do not need to be protected from authors. 🔹There is no moral difference between writing about good things happening to a character and bad things happening to a character. 🔹Fictional[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hugs back! Chrisker for this one. — “Wesker, you’re–” the word died on his lips, and he stood there, hesitating. His gaze flicked between the monster in the tank and the monster standing before him as his Captain. Chris knew[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
optimisticweather: selfshippers with the urge to write super self indulgent fan fiction right now… JUST DO IT!! and feel free to tag me if you decide to post it!! I love reading all your guys’ works 💕💕💕
💖 It’s totally okay to avoid fiction with subject matter that makes you uncomfortable, disgusted, or upset. 💖 It’s never okay to try to force other people to avoid fiction with subject matter that makes you uncomfortable, disgusted, or upset.
If you visit fanfiction.net to read fics, you will soon learn something. Absolutely ZERO, ZIP, NADA, ZILCH, NONE of the fics there are content tagged. There is no system for tagging. Almost no fics warn for content beyond their basic[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💖 It is always okay to write or enjoy fiction that is inspired by or based on other fiction that moves you. 💖 It is always okay to write or enjoy fiction just because you want to spend time with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
plumadesatada: generalluxun: megamindsupremacy: megamindsupremacy: Funniest thing in the whole wide world is opening a completed fic and seeing the author’s note for the first chapter say something like “unlike my other fics, this will be a shorter one! Expect it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🟢 You are still a writer even when you haven’t written in a while. 🟢 You are still a writer even when you feel like you aren’t writing enough. 🟢 You are still a writer when you feel like your[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
its-metal-mistress: mywitchcultblr: This is what happened when a fanfic site is profit driven. Wattpad sucks 😞 The email/DM from Wattpad is so condescending. Imagine pressuring writers to update and work while they are doing it for free and fun. Also,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🔹 Someone else’s fiction cannot cause you physical harm. 🔹If someone else’s fiction is causing you emotional or psychological harm, or distress, you can put it down and not read/watch it. 🔹Your emotional well-being is not the responsibility of fiction[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
catboygretzky: People worrying if their fic is too self indulgent like……. that is the point of fanfiction. You are supposed to indulge . Every fic is self indulgent
werewolf-cuddles: People need to stop viewing “Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings” as the author not caring about potentially triggering people, and start viewing it instead as one big blanket archive warning. It essentially means that any of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
fanonical: something that makes me sad is how many fics will be lost if ff.net finally dies, if ao3 goes down, if livejournal is finally gone forever the internet is so impermanent and i wish there was a way of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
jasontoddiefor: Yeah sure we’ve all binged a long fic, but have you ever read a WIP and followed someone’s life? Tidbits of information – (“I graduated today!”) – and small joys (“It’s my birthday!”) and you get to be there[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💖 Write fiction without being ashamed of the story you want to tell. 💖 Create characters without feeling embarrassed about the traits you want to give them. 💖 Craft stories without being nervous what other people will think of them.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
✨ Writing slowly does not make your a bad writer. ✨ Needing to do a lot of editing on your writing does not make you a bad writer. ✨ People expressing dislike of the themes and ideas in your writing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🔹 It’s okay to create or engage with fiction about whatever topic, theme, or idea that you want to. 🔹It’s okay to create or engage with any fiction you want to for any reason. 🔹It’s okay to enjoy any fiction[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
‼️ Fiction cannot cause physical harm to someone. ‼️ The only person who should have the power to decide if a piece of fiction is harming you emotionally or psychologically is you. ‼️ Any fiction you feel like you are[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s due to the global rise of conservatism and the panopticon security police state. Kill the cop inside your head.
No no no, don’t you know? Reading and writing fiction with scary topics in it turns you evil through the scary mind controlling power of fiction! You know, like reading Harry Potter caused people to become witches and get possessed,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
❣️ The fiction you write is valuable and important. ❣️ No one else can write the story you came up with the same way that you would. ❣️ No story idea is totally original, it’s okay to tell a story[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💖 Writing requires rest. 💖 You cannot be actively writing all the time. 💖 Do not feel bad about needing to take time from your writing to rest. 💖 Rest is an important part of the creative process. 💖 Rest[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
kittyship: shout out to selfshippers who have inserts with “mary sue” or “gary sue” traits! if your self-insert… has special powers is considered to be incredibly attractive and/or charming is well put together and doesn’t have many flaws pulled their[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
ooh! We have this all the time, luckily for fanfic specifically there is a great solution. You take the one scene, or couple of scenes, in your idea that’s the most intense and interesting, and you make a one shot[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
olderthannetfic: Most likely, you’re either looking at a ship that just doesn’t tag heavily, so trying to filter it for tropes or whatever legitimately brings up zero results, or else you’re adding some contradictory things into your filters and forgetting[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
❣️ Don’t be afraid of being earnest in your writing. ❣️ Don’t be afraid of putting your desires and fears in your story. ❣️ Don’t be afraid of writing the story that you want to read. ❣️ Don’t be afraid[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
See, here’s the thing. ➡️ When you have a community term that your community originally defined as “supporter of freedom of expression in fiction and artwork”– ➡️ but your enemies insist means “active child abuser”– ➡️ and the term is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
⭐ There’s no such thing as failure when you’re writing as long as you’re actually getting words on the page. ⭐ Writing that has to be edited or deleted later still gives you practice and makes you a better writer.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🤯 Don’t write stories that you think are boring. 🤯 Leave boring parts out of the story you’re writing. 🤯 If you think the ‘boring parts’ absolutely must be there, then find a way to make them as short and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
✏️ Sit down, put the words on the page. ✏️ Sit down, put the words on the page. ✏️ They don’t have to be good words. ✏️ They don’t have to be many words. ✏️ They don’t have to be[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Your first draft is like the “alpha” version of a video game. ⭐ It doesn’t have to be perfect– it doesn’t have to be good. ⭐ It’s not a finished product– no one is going to be judging your finished[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
⭐ Challenge yourself: to write what you want to write, rather than what you think other people want to read. ⭐ Challenge yourself: to write at a pace that works for you, rather than one that will burn you out.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“I like to write about it in fiction” does not mean “I desire it to happen in real life”, and never has. What you want to write about doesn’t necessarily mean anything about you, besides that you want to write[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
👉 Sometimes, what one audience interprets as horror, another audience interprets as romance. 👉 Sometimes, what one audience interprets as romance, another audience interprets as horror. 👉 As an writer, you have to accept that every audience brings their own[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💕 Don’t be afraid of putting your ‘self’ into your writing. 💕 Don’t be afraid of writing what you want. 💕 Guessing at what other people are looking for in a story is always a worse path than writing what[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
👉 Any kind of evil you can make a character commit or go through is no worse than torturing your NPCs in a game. 👉 Don’t assume that acts in fiction indicate the real life desires of the author or[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Important NaNoWriMo reminders: ✍️ Avoiding burnout is your most important goal as a writer. ✍️ Taking care of yourself is more important than meeting arbitrary word counts and deadlines. ✍️ Every time you take care of your mental and physical[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s always okay to use the fiction you write or read to explore negative feelings, experiences, and topics. Stories don’t have to be uplifting or happy, characters don’t have to be virtuous or admirable or relatable. And it’s still okay[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
soullessserenity: just-antithings: . “The intention” is not for it to apply to ONLY ‘extreme underage’. This is literally what the site itself defines as Underage (see the question mark on ‘Archive Warnings’ when you are posting a new work): This[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Yuletide gift exchange (which works every year to fill requests for pairings like these– look it up on fanlore) just calls them “rare fandoms.” But I submit you could call also them: Cursed Small fandom syndrome RIPskies BYOB (bring[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
✨ All fiction is art and has artistic merit. ✨ Yes, including the novel you hid in a drawer. ✨ Yes, including Marvel movies. ✨ Yes, including soap operas. ✨ Yes, including slasher flicks and torture porn. ✨ Yes, including[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Slipping my OC gently into the fanfiction as a secondary character in a story mainly about canons– like hiding a pill in cheese for a dog.
✍️ The goal of creating fiction is not always to craft a story that is comfortable or fun for the reader. ✍️ Likewise, not all readers will find the same subject matter and topics comforting or fun. ✍️ It is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When people– and especially young women– are attracted to “abusive” and “controlling” and “violent” male characters in fiction– The fantasy is not about being abused, or controlled. The fantasy is about a partner who is devoted to you, who takes[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yeah absolutely. But on the other hand– the poll is 60%+ in favor of that person being the asshole. It’s a vocal minority who believe this outlandish prudery. context link
Oh if only they’d ‘get it’. ^_^;; context link
if I went back in time to the early 2000s/2010s one thing I would change is I would make it standard to be able to set and search “primary tags” a set of 1-3 tags in a tagging system that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Critical” does not automatically mean “negative.” Thinking critically about something is not the same as (colloquially) criticizing it. “Thinking critically” on a piece of media does not mean deciding that you know all the “bad” elements of it and that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Distraction – Overlord_Mordax – Dangan Ronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc [Archive of Our Own] Chapters: 1/1Fandom: Dangan Ronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, Dangan Ronpa SeriesRating: Teen And Up AudiencesWarnings: No Archive Warnings ApplyRelationships: Asahina Aoi/Hagakure Yasuhiro, asahina aoi/ogami sakura (Mentioned)Characters: Hagakure Yasuhiro,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My authorial intent is to tell a cool and exciting story. If my cool and exciting story makes you want to abandon your morals and commit evil acts, that’s your problem, not mine. EDIT: TERFS AND RADFEMS FUCK OFF GET[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🔸I believe in freedom of fandom. 🔸Fandom is not about creating or enjoying only ‘moral’, ‘god-honoring’ or ‘marketable’ works. 🔸Fandom is about freedom of expression. 🔸It is okay to create or enjoy whatever fanworks you want. 🔸Fandom is not a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
atinylittlepain: Babe, listen Your fic isn’t a flop, it’s a cult classic. Only the coolest freaks like it, don’t worry about it, it’s great.
A Better Day – Overlord_Mordax, VickytheSnake – Dangan Ronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc [Archive of Our Own] Chapters: 1/1Fandom: Dangan Ronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, Dangan Ronpa SeriesRating: General AudiencesWarnings: No Archive Warnings ApplyRelationships: Kirigiri Kyoko/Naegi MakotoCharacters: Kirigiri Kyoko, Naegi MakotoAdditional Tags:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You don’t have to apologize, or perform authorial disgust, for dark, violent, sexual, cruel or problematic topics in the fiction you create. Fiction does not exist to teach an audience a moral lesson. You as an author are not required[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
♦️ Your fiction is worthwhile. ♦️ Your fiction is art. ♦️ Your fiction has artistic merit and value. ♦️ Your fiction is important. ♠️ Even if people call your writing worthless. ♠️ Even if people call your writing disgusting. ♠️[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
frau-wilhelm-klink: This.👇🏻
Kiss Prompt 3: Goodbye In the wake of their arrangement, Byakuya found a moment before each trial to corner Toko and give her a kiss. Wordless, drawing her close for a moment. Byakuya was more confident that somehow they’d beat[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
1 Opening image Yelena is in a nasty bar, drinking away her sister related sorrows1-12 Set up Sabretooth, an ex-cia agent who knew her father shows up, and explains that shield has given Natasha;s body to a group called Project[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Journey To Neverland – Chapter 1 – Overlord_Mordax – Peter Pan – J. M. Barrie [Archive of Our Own] So this is the beginning that Peter Pan retelling we were talking about before things went tits up back at the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Kiss Prompt 60: Out of Hate In the early days Ocelot thought he hated Kaz, but that didn’t make him want to kiss him any less. If anything, it made him want to kiss him even more, if only because[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Kiss Prompt 2: Good Night The sleeping form of Byakuya’s new lover lay curled against him, their lips trembling softly as they breathed. Byakuya hadn’t been sure which of them it was, in the end; perhaps briefly, they’d been one.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Working on our personal fic archive and punched in the mouth again and again by how convenient and well created AO3 is.
🎉 Write characters that you find interesting and compelling. 🎉 Don’t worry about making characters too over the top, or ‘too much’. 🎉 Write characters who want big things. 🎉 Write characters with conflict between what they want and what[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
i wanna write some really politically dissident fanfiction
Kiss Prompt 1: Good Morning The night they broke free from the school, they were collected by ‘The Future Foundation’ and given rooms in one of their safehouses. Despite the guard watching, Toko sat outside of Byakuya’s room like a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🌺 All art and fiction should be self indulgent. 🌺 Allow your being and your ideas and your heart to come through in your art and writing. 🌺 Create what moves you. Create what is truthful to you. Create what[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Maybe you should stop “consuming content” and try “engaging with media” instead. Reframe your interaction from passive consumer to active participant in the media you engage with.
⭐ There is no problem with adults writing stories about child characters. ⭐ There is no problem with adults writing stories about child characters for an audience that isn’t children. ⭐ There is no problem with adults writing stories about[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
♠ Ugly art has value. ♠ Ugly fiction is art. ♠ Art and fiction can reflect the ugliness of the world. ♠ Writers and artists don’t have an obligation to tell you what parts of their art are supposed to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💖 Coddle your darlings instead of killing them. 💖 Create self-indulgent works of fiction. 💖 Write the stories you want to see in the way you want to see them. 💖 Luxuriate in detail and description when you want to.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
✨ You belong in fandom no matter how old you are. ✨ You belong in fandom no matter what you do or don’t ship. ✨ You belong in fandom no matter what characters you like or don’t like. Don’t let[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
wesker x reader ficlet gender neutral (no body parts mentioned) cw: rough, dubcon. Rated PG16/teen. Wesker holds you against the wall, pinning you there with the raw strength of his superhuman body. One of his black gloved hands presses against[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
squidwujun: I think we can all agree that reading the perfect fanfiction is one of the best feelings one can experience. But I think we don’t talk enough about the process of finding said fanfiction. Like I am a wine[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jane Darling hacked her way through the thicket of rosebushes with her borrowed blade. Her mother and father had lived here once, before she was born– if you could call what happened in Neverland living. Jane’s mother spoke of Peter[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Privilege and Pity – thesavagesabretooth – Marvel (Comics) [Archive of Our Own] Chapters: 1/1Fandom: Marvel (Comics)Rating: General AudiencesWarnings: No Archive Warnings ApplyCharacters: Otto OctaviusAdditional Tags: Character Study, Internal Monologue, Internal Conflict, Privilege, JusticeSummary: The good doctor considers the options he[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…