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[dwtlcwriting]

Me: Okay, Brain. Think about what happens next in this chapter.

Brain: *Skips three chapters ahead*

Me: No, no. This one, this chapter, the one we are writing right now.

Brain:.......*47 scenes forward*

Me: NO

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You don’t need any formal training or clinical knowledge of literature and language to be a good writer. Don’t struggle against the idea that writing is meant for certain kinds of people with certain backgrounds. Write, my friends, and don’t give a shit about status or education.

Writing isn’t about elitism and hierarchy. It’s about emotion and love and fun and truth.

You don’t need a degree to teach you those things.

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Update on "No Fandom" tags

AO3 Tag Wranglers recently began testing processes for updating canonical tags (tags that appear in the auto-complete and the filters) that don’t belong to any particular fandom (commonly known as No Fandom tags). We have already begun implementing some of the decisions made during the earliest discussions. By the time this post is published, you may have already noticed some changes we have made.  Several canonical tags are slated to be created or renamed, and we will also be adjusting the subtag and metatag relationships between some tags to better aid Archive users in filtering.  Please keep in mind that many of these changes are large and require a lot of work to identify and attach relevant tags, so it will likely take some time to complete. We ask that you please be patient with us while we work! While we will not be detailing every change we make under the new process, we will be making periodic posts with updates on those changes we believe are most likely to prove helpful for users looking to tag or filter works with the new or revised tags and to avoid confusion as to why changes are being made. 

New Canonicals!

1. Edging

For a long while, there has been some confusion caused by the fact that we have a canonical for Edgeplay, but not for Edging which has led to some unintentional mistagging and other challenges. Consequently, we will be creating a canonical tag for Edging with the format Orgasm Edging and this new canonical tag will be subtagged to Orgasm Control. Relatedly, we will be reorganizing the Orgasm Control tag tree to allow for easier and more straightforward filtering and renaming Edgeplay to add clarity. You’ll find more details regarding these changes in the Renamed and Reorganized canonicals section below.

2. Generative AI

We have canonized three tags related to Generative AI. 

Created Using Generative AI

AI-Generated Text

AI-Generated Images 

All tags which make mention of specific Generative AI tools will be made a synonym of the most relevant AI-Generated canonical. Additionally, please note that AI-Generated Text and AI-Generated Images will be subtagged to Created Using Generative AI. How to Use These To Filter For/Filter Out Works Tagged as Using Generative AI: ❌ Filtering Out: To filter out all works that use tags about being created with AI, add Created Using Generative AI to the “other tags to exclude” field in the works filter. This will also exclude works making use of the subtags AI-Generated Text and AI-Generated Images. If you wish to exclude either the Images or Text tags only, you can do so by excluding either AI-Generated Text or AI-Generated Images.

☑️ Filtering For: Add Created Using Generative AI to the “other tags to include” field in the works filter. This will also automatically include the works making use of the subtags AI-Generated Text and AI-Generated Images. If you wish to filter for Images or Text only, you can do so by including either AI-Generated Text or AI-Generated Images only .

As a reminder, the use of these tools in the creation of works is not against AO3's ToS. These new tags exist purely to help folks curate their own experience on the Archive. If you would like to see more information about AO3’s policies in regards to AI generated works, please see our News post from May 2023 on AI and Data Scraping on the Archive.

Renamed and Reevaluated Canonicals!

3. EdgeplayAs mentioned above, we will be renaming Edgeplay to clarify the tag's meaning, given that it is often confused for Edging. This tag will be decanonized and made a synonym of Edgeplay | High Risk BDSM Practices. It will be removed as a subtag of Sensation Play and be subtagged instead directly to BDSM. Please note if you have made use of the Edgeplay tag on your works or wish to continue to use it in the future, you are still welcome to do so. The tag Edgeplay will be made a synonym of the new canonical, so all works tagged with Edgeplay now or in the future will fall under the new tag so that they’re still easy for users to find. If you have made it a favorite tag, it will be transferred  automatically when we make this change. 

4. Orgasm Delay/Denial The tag Orgasm Delay/Denial will be decanonized and made a synonym of Orgasm Control to help limit confusion with the more specific Orgasm Delay and Orgasm Denial canonicals. Tags that are currently synonyms of Orgasm Delay/Denial are being analyzed and moved to either Orgasm Control or Orgasm Delay or Orgasm Denial or Orgasm Edging. The revised tree structure for this tree will feature Orgasm Control as the top-level metatag with subtags Orgasm Edging, Orgasm Delay, and Orgasm Denial. So, if you wish to filter for all these tags at once, you can do so just by filtering for Orgasm Control. 

5. Female Ejaculation Female Ejaculation will be decanonized and made a synonym of Squirting and Vaginal Ejaculation.  We hope this new phrasing will be more inclusive, clear, and make the tag easier to find whether users are searching for Squirting or the previous canonical. All current synonyms of Female Ejaculation will also be made a synonym of Squirting and Vaginal Ejaculation, including Squirting. You may continue to tag your works as suits your preferences, and we will make sure these tags are made synonyms of the new canonical so that your work can be found in the filters for it.

These are just some of the changes being implemented. While we won’t be announcing every change, you can expect similar updates in the future as we continue to work toward improving the Archive experience. So if you have an interest in the changes we’ll be making, you can follow us on Twitter @ao3_wranglers or keep an eye on this Tumblr for future announcements. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we continue our work!

(From time to time, ao3org posts announcements of recent or upcoming wrangling changes on behalf of the Tag Wrangling Committee.)

[dwtlcwriting]

How do you feel about negative reviews on your stories? That is, do you appreciate your readers being honest with you, or would you rather not have to deal with that? (Mind you, by negative, I don't mean obnoxiously rude stuff.)

yeah, I’m good without! it really isn’t an honesty issue, that’s a bizarre way of putting it; imo the rule with fanfic should be “if you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say anything,” with the exception of, like, typos and “hey I don’t think you meant this to come across as sexist/racist/homophobic.” I don’t really care if any given person likes any given fanfic, and I don’t really need to know if it doesn’t work for you? it’s not particularly useful data for me, especially since I’m not getting paid and don’t need to worry about marketing myself. if I want feedback on my work, I’ll ask someone I know and trust, generally before I publish. once the fic is out there in the world, I’m not going to rewrite it based on your dislike, so it’s pretty much a waste of everyone’s time.

my advice is, if you want to say negative things about a fic? tell a friend. the author doesn’t need to be involved.

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"Can't wait to see where you take this story" well I can't wait to see where this story takes me either

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reblog if you’ve read fanfictions that are more professional, better written than some actual novels. I’m trying to see something

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“how did you get into writing” girl nobody gets into writing. writing shows up one day at your door and gets into you

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Heat

*Rises from the dead 5 months later with a hot chocolate and some smut from a completely new Fandom*

Hi how's it goin, I - to no-one's surprise - have a new hyper focus.

#APEX Legends #DawnieWrites APEX #Mirage #Elliott Witt #Miraith #Wraith #Renee Blasey #Renee Hope Blasey #ABO Dynamics #I have. no excuses. and i don't feel like i need any. #Smut #Pack Bonding Verse #pwp

[dwtlcwriting]

a collection of motivational insights regarding content creation and creative hobbies

and of course the classic

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Fantasy stories should have more "what do you mean you don't do X" things in compare and contrast of cultures. Like the differences between peoples aren't the stuff they show off as "These Are Our Culture :)" things, fucking everyone has food and music and folk tales, but the things they've always assumed that everyone has, and are baffled to discover that they don't.

The people who are always barefoot are baffled that humans don't have a wash basin at their front door where people can wash their feet before stepping inside?? Do they just walk in with their dirty feet? The fuck do you mean you take your shoes off?

Humans don't have small baby-sized spellbooks for toddlers who just learned to read, so they can safely learn to practice tiny cute and harmless, age-appropriate magic spells before progressing to more mature and demanding spells? What, do they just throw teenagers completely unprepared into the arcane - hold the fuck up, is that why human sorceror mortality is so fucking high?

Dwarves who have always wondered why the entrance to human residences is so fucking big, why do you need to take up such a large area for a door that's just there to lead downstairs to the underground halls? Are the timber walls really as thick as a human is tall? What for? And once one of them gets invited to a human house to stay and rest, nobody ever fucking believes her: That's not the entrance, that's the whole fucking house. 100% of the human house is aboveground, there is no tunnel to the underground levels. They might have a single storage room down there, but the aboveground section is so fucking big because that's the whole house.

This post was brought to you by: People who butter their bread and who had no idea that there are people who put mayonnaise on their bread, and people who put mayo on their bread and had no idea about people who put butter on their bread discovering that the other kind of people exist.

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Roy shifts until his back is against the arm of the couch, pulling Riza with him so she’s between his legs, pressed chest-to-chest. His hands are gripping her hips now, thumbs tucked up beneath her sweater to rub circles in the skin above her sweatpants. She sighs into his mouth, hands curving around the back of his neck to curl fingers in his hair. Roy hums his approval, pulling away just enough to break the kiss.

“If this is the flu and you catch it, don’t think for a moment that I’ll give you the least bit of sympathy,” Riza declares, settling in against Roy’s chest as he huffs a laugh. He leaves one hand pressed against the flesh of her waist beneath her sweater and reaches for some papers that need reviewing with the other. Riza closes her eyes and lets sleep take hold once more.

OR

Riza lets Roy take care of her.

#fullmetal alchemist #fullmetal alchemist: brotherhood #royai #royai fic #roy mustang #riza hawkeye #sickfic #smut #DawnieWrites FMA

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The magic of the Feast is still clinging to the ends of his cloak and the circlet in his hair. His eyes are glowing and his arm - his left arm - is a shimmering limb of magic and energy. She yearns to convince him to stay with her. She doesn’t quite know where the courage comes from, but she reaches out, cupping one cheek in her hand and drawing him into a kiss, long and lingering. Aloy can feel the door to her Realm manifesting as she pulls away just enough to breathe against his lips.

“Come with me?”

OR

la petite morte

#Death & Autumn #Horizon: Zero Dawn #Horizon: Forbidden West #Kotaloy #Smut #DawnieWrites Horizon #DawnieWrites Kotaloy

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HOW DID I MANAGE TO ABSOLUTELY FAIL AT REBLOGGING THIS I’M SORRY LILI I LOVE YOU DARLING

🍂 Aloy & Kotallo - Autumn and Death 💀

The main babies (◡‿◡✿) I really had fun doing Kotallo’s magic arm, where it react to emotions (or to Aloy 👀)

This AU from @han-ban-bam caught my heart really hard (I won’t blame you HBB, on the contrary *kisses*)

*******

Please, read the fic “He Kindly Stopped for Me” by @dwtlcwriting it’s wonderful and emotional (╥‿╥)  ♥  

#Death & Autumn #Fic Art

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Hi yes, casually reblogging this for a third time to let you know that (1) I AM STILL SCREAMING ABOUT IT and (2) IT IS STILL MY LAPTOP DESKTOP BG

Spoilers for He Kindly Stopped for Me by @dwtlcwriting

@han-ban-bam and @dwtlcwriting have started A Whole Movement in the Elysium

#Death & Autumn #fic art

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Obligatory reblog with new, spicy fic to go along with it

https://archiveofourown.org/works/46313149

no i havent finished with this AU and yes I made it fancy and no Aloy is in a pantsuit with one hell of a fancy overskirt made of big leaves

#Death & Autumn #DawnieWrites Horizon #DawnieWrites Kotaloy #DawnieWrites Smut

[dwtlcwriting]

Nil and Red Teeth of Autumn and Death

Nil, Vengeful Justice, with his horse Red Teeth—inspired by @koteevna 's snippet on Nil for the Autumn & Death AU of He Kindly Stopped For Me written by @dwtlcwriting and illustrated by @han-ban-bam on the Kotaloy Discord.

#fic art #Death & Autumn