#but it's fanfic stuff

[actual-changeling]

In the spirit of encouraging people to comment on fanfics while also making it easier to do so, I feel obliged to share a browser extension for ao3 that has quite literally revolutionized the comment game for me.

I present to you: the floating ao3 comment box!

From what I've seen, a big problem for many people is that once you reach the comments at the bottom of a fic, your memory of it miraculously disappears. Anything you wanted to say is stuck ten paragraphs ago, and you barely remember what you thought while reading. This fixes that!

I'll give a little explanation on the features and how it works, but if you want to skip all that, here's the link.

The extension is visible as a small blue box in the upper left corner.

(Side note: The green colouring is not from the extension, that's me.)

If you click on it, you open a comment box window at the bottom of your screen but not at the bottom of the fic. I opened my own fic for demonstrative purposes.

The website also gives explanations on how exactly it functions, but I'll summarize regardless.

insert selection -> if you highlight a sentence in the fic it will be added in italics to the comment box

add to comment box -> once you're done writing your comment, you click this button and the entire thing will automatically copied to the ao3 comment box

delete -> self explanatory

on mulitchapter fics, you will be given the option to either add the comment to just the current chapter or the entire fic

The best part? You can simply close the window the same way you opened it and your progress will automatically be saved. So you can open it, comment on a paragraph, and then close it and keep reading without having the box in your face.

Comments are what keep writers going, and as both a writer and a reader, I think it's such an easy way of showing support and enthusiasm.

#alex yells at the void #ao3 #archive of our own #ao3 stuff #fanfic comments #fandom

[ao3-crack]

(x)

#archive of our own #ao3 stuff #ao3 quotes #archive of our own quotes #fanfic #fanfic quotes #funny #ao3 #ao3 tags #canon died a brutal but necessary death

[deadpearls]

#the skeleton has spoken #fanfiction #ao3 #ao3 stuff #fanfic #archive of our own #me (real) #badass skeleton #writeblr #writing #fanfic meme #ao3 funny

[ihhfhonao3]

Romanticizing reading fanfiction with 100 hits. Romanticizing commenting on fics from seven years ago. Romanticizing giving kudos to a fic with three hits. Romanticizing reblogging someone’s fanfiction post from two years ago, giving them the first note on that post. Romanticizing saying in the comments “I hope there’s a chapter two, this was so good!” On a fic posted in 2013

#fanfic #fanfiction #ao3 #support fanfic writers #ao3 stuff #archive of our own #writing #writeblr #writelr #writer #creative writing

[skywriter97]

Being a writer your brain is either

A) STUFFED TO BURSTING with ideas you have no clue what to do with or how to make them make sense

or

B) It's a black hole that devours every inkling of creativity in your cells and you are just hoping it'll consume you too

THERE IS NO IN BETWEEN

#fanfic writer #writers #writing #creative writing #writer stuff #writerscommunity #writeblr #writers on tumblr

[patronsaintofhomosandpain]

Psst hey!! Over here!

Fic writers and original story writers are the same!

Writing fanfics doesn't make you any less of a writer!

Yall are just gatekeepers. Stop being assholes. There's room for everyone!

#writeblr #writerscommunity #writers #writers on tumblr #writerslife #writing #writblr #writer things #writerscorner #book blog #fic #fan fiction #fanfic #fan fic writing #fan fic stuff #thats that on that #gabyrels grumbles

[pen-of-roses]

Do y'all ever think about how cool it is that art inspires other art inspires other art inspires other art in an endless cycle

#like someone else's creation inspired the thing that inspired me #and my art can inspire someone else's art who might inspire someone else's #like original work to fanfic to fanart yes #but also like character to character or story to story #or even just when you and a friend talk about stuff and they inspire you and you inspire them in turn #and ahhhhhhh #human creativity is getting me again

[16woodsequ]

#fanfic #fanfiction #fanfic meme #writing #writing meme #meme #writing stuff #writers #writing funny #writing problems

[athenaschild5]

when fanfic authors say that they don’t decide what happens in the story that the characters make the decisions i imagine it like this:

writer: *sitting down* type type type type *squinting at the screen* type type type

writer: *gasp* WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT…… type type type

#yea that’s what happens when i imagine it lol #writing #fanfic #fanfic writing #authors #fanfic authors #ao3 stuff

[strawberrywinter4]

Just found out today that my friend posts fanfiction as well.

She told me, nervously, that she posts her writing. And I was like oh! me too!

And her eyes lit up, I’m saying, LIT. UP.

She was like… what do you write?

I was like… fanfiction.

And she was like girl…

ME TOO!

I asked where she posts her writing.

She whispered “Ao3.”

Girl…

ME TOO.

The duration of our conversation included giggling and talking about our fandoms like maniacs.

The best feeling is when you’re able to invite a friend into your secret world of fandoms and fanfiction.

#fandoms #fandom ships #fandom #fandom love #ao3 writer #ao3 author #ao3fic #ao3 #ao3 fanfic #ao3 kudos #ao3feed #ao3 funny #fanfiction writer #fanfic #fanfiction #writer friends #writer community #writumblr #writer tumblr #writer thoughts #writers #writers on tumblr #writer #writers and poets #writeblr #writer stuff #writing community #writerscommunity

[you-were-meteowrong]

reblog for bigger sample size

#i dont understand bookmarking everything to keep track of progress #like... #i just subscribe and read it IMMEDIATELY when i get an update email #i bookmark fics i'd personally recommend #i like looking at what my readers bookmarked #or what a fave writer bookmarked #gives me more stuff to read! #my thoughts #text #polls #my polls #ao3 #ao3 writer #fanfic #fic #writing

[gleafer]

AO3 tags IN ACTION: Aziraphale has a vulva

#illustrator #illustration #digital artist #artist on tumblr #crowley #good omens #good omens art #aziraphale #gleafer art #good omens aziraphale #gaimanverse #crack comics #ao3 fanfic #ao3 stuff #ao3 tags #illustraton art

[garruloustaciturn]

"I should write" *looks at memes about writers procrastinating writing instead*

#writeblogging #ao3 writer #writeblr #fanfic writing #writing community #writing #fanfiction writer #writer stuff #creative writing #writers of tumblr #writers on tumblr #writing humor #writing memes

[breakfastteatime]

*writing 5k of lead in to get to the original idea that kickstarted this fanfic*

#fanfic stuff #fanfic struggles #writing is hard #ao3 #writing fanfiction

[jackwolfes]

today's fic writer energy is

#text #fic writing #fic writers #fanfic writers #writer problems #writer stuff

[hrast-ika]

this post has been going round and round in my head but because i couldn't find the fanart they were referencing i drew it myself

also here's a fic rec for ya all! sweet sounds in the night (hold me close, hold me tight) by Resacon1990

#zosan #roronoa zoro #black leg sanji #one piece #one piece sanji #one piece zoro #fic rec #fanfic #fanart #my art #my stuff #op fanart