Them: oh god I hope the OP doesn鈥檛 notice me liking a dozen of their posts and hates me for it
Me, watching a dozen notes pop up on ancient posts: oh dang, I forgot I wrote that. *clicks through* I鈥檓 still proud of this. I almost want to reblog it. Thx for the memory tour, mysterious note-leaver.
90% of writing advice can be thrown out the window for your first draft.
Show don鈥檛 tell? Ignore.
Basic grammar and punctuation? Unnecessary.聽
Physical descriptions of characters? Don鈥檛 need to bother.聽
Solid plot? That鈥檚 for later.聽
The words don鈥檛 come as fast when you鈥檙e thinking of the best way to put them together. It doesn鈥檛 have to be pretty, or much more than inconsistent nonsense.聽 The point is to have it exist.
Effective storytelling is for subsequent drafts! Go write some nonsense!聽
I was today years old when I learned that when you type "otp: true" in AO3 search results it filters out fics with additional ships, leaving only the fics where your otp is the main ship