#fanfiction readers

[thebibutterflyao3]

What if all fanfiction writers had the same attitudes that so many readers do? What if we treated our stories like content?

Readers: I won’t read WIPs, only completed work and LONG fics.

Writers: I will only post finished works once a year, you will never see 90% of my ideas and have no part of the creative process.

Readers: I will only read works that have tons of views/kudos/bookmarks.

Writers: I won’t update unless I have interest in my story. I’ll post a new chapter for every 100 kudos, 10 comments, and 5 bookmarks.

Readers: I can do whatever I want with fanfics, sell bound copies and criticise them publicly.

Writers: I will delete my fics without warning and never share more.

This is how you end fandom culture. This is how you lose AO3 and access to so many incredible stories for FREE.

✨Fanfiction is NOT content to be consumed! It is community and creative expression. ✨

#ao3 fanfic #why i write fanfic #fanfic is art #fanfiction readers #fanfic #fanfiction #fanfic authors

[yes-i-am-happyaspie]

Fan Fiction is still Fiction.

It has been brought to my attention via some comments I've received on AO3 that some people need a quick review of what the word 'fiction' means. Dictionary.com tells us:

fiction is a noun that can be defined in the following manner: 1. literature in the form of prose that describes imaginary events and people. 2. something that is invented or untrue. "they were supposed to be keeping up the fiction that they were happily married" - a belief or statement that is false but is often held to be true because it is expedient to do so. "the notion of the country being a democracy is a polite fiction"

Let's sit on this for a minute...

Okay. Now let's put this into terms of 'fan-fiction.' A form of writing that is expanding on, transforming, or otherwise basing its plot/premise on something that was more than likely already considered somewhat fantastical, or otherworldly. *Fiction*

So, (in my opinion) when you come into the comments with complaints about the believability of something mundane- like say, the time a real-life-inspired school would let out, or the lack of toll on a real-life-inspired bridge- It will often make you sound either incredibly silly or incredibly petty. Because the story isn't real. The place isn't real. Even if it heavily reflects a city/state/country that exists outside of its universe, it's still fiction.

This is exceptionally amusing to me because the characters I write are *superheroes* with enhancements and mind-blowing technology. When someone comments that I portrayed an aspect of New York City inaccurately, my first thought is always: That's where you draw the line? The radio-active spider, flying suits, and intuitive natural language AIs are okay, but we're getting hung up on what groups of people do and do not typically own cell phones?

I guess what this boils down to is another message about weighing your comments carefully. Ask yourself: Did the author ask for constructive criticism? Will the author find this comment helpful? Will this comment change anything about the story? Will this comment be read as positive or encouraging? If the answer to any of these questions is 'no' or 'I'm not sure,' your best course of action is to not leave that particular comment.

Be kind to your fanfiction authors! They put a lot of hours, effort, and love into the stories they present to you FOR FREE!!

#fanfiction #fiction #comments #ao3 #ao3 fanfiction #how to comment #be kind #ao3 authors #writer #author #ff.net #wattpad #fanfiction writers #fanfiction readers #reader advisement #authors pov

[my-beloved-fandoms]

#smut #fanfiction readers #fanfiction #wolfstar #starchaser #blyer #merthur #ronance #drarry #pansmione #jily

[conjectureand-gloom]

just fanfiction things

- trying to hide your laughter but failing miserably, then trying to come up with a reason for why you were laughing

- being able to read literally everything with a straight face. but then the fluff starts and your master disguise is destroyed

- when someone asks what you’re doing, and you say reading and then they insist on reading a bit of what you’re reading

- the joy when you see the email telling you that a fanfiction has been updated

- being so invested in someone’s version of characters that you can’t bear to not read about them

- making up fanfiction for fanfiction in your head

- trying to read in public but crying or something

- when you search the kudos list to see if you know anyone

- bonus points if you do recognise someone’s username

- “You have already left kudos here. :)”

- when you can barely have a normal conversation without referencing a fanfiction

- when someone’s comment on a chapter is almost longer than the chapter itself

#the last one- guilty as charged #fanfics #fanfiction #fanfiction readers #fanfiction writers #ao3 #archive of our own #just fanfic things #edit: holy shit this got 200 notes???

[imma-lil-teapot]

Fanfiction writers and readers:

#poll #polls #writing #fanfiction #fanfiction writing #writers #readers #fanfiction writers #fanfiction readers #fandom writers #fandom readers

[feelingthedisaster]

i have a confession to make

i always skip the sex scenes in books and fics

#i get so uncomfortable #maybe bc im a sex repulsed asexual #so sorry all fics writers i commented i loved the smut chapter i actually skipped it but felt bad to not say anything #fics #fanfic #ao3 #fanfiction #fanfiction readers #fanfic readers #fanfictions #fanfics #readers #fic reading #bookblr #tw smut #tw sex mention

[rookieoneil]

Fanfiction readers!

I just wanna know if I am making my chapters too long or too short. Me personally I love long chapters but everyone is different. 🥰

#the rookie #fanfiction #fanfiction readers #lucy chen #tim bradford #chenford #eric winter #melissa oneil #angela lopez #tim x lucy #nyla harper

[reality-exodus]

FANCAST: The Last Hours Fic

Last Hours of a Herondale

#fancast #fanfiction readers #shadowhunters oc #shadowhunters fanfiction #shadowhunters fandom #the last hours fancast #the last hours fanfic #chain of gold #chain of gold fancast #james herondale twin #james herondale #James herondale fancast #James Herondale aesthetic #matthew fairchild x reader #matthew fairchild #mattheew fairchild aesthetic

[ultraviolet-psyche]

Feel free to elaborate in tags. Please reblog for a larger sample size!

#poll #ao3 #archive of our own #fanfiction #fanfics #fanfic readers #fanfiction readers

[firesmokeandashes]

EXTRA EXTRA READ ALL ABOUT IT!

#ao3 #it's back! #they're back #our beloved is back from war #they have survived #the doctors (staff) who worked on them pulled through! #let us give the doctors (staff) a hefty reward (donation) for saving outlr beloved #they deserve the world #for saving our precious beloved #ao3 is back up! #ao3 is back #fanfiction #fanfics #fanfiction readers #fanfiction writers #destiel meme #supernatural #the newspaper is here!

[future-dregs]

Take a page and pass to the right 🗳

#Fanfic #Fanfiction #Fanfic readers #Fanfiction readers

[olpie]

Why do I read/write fanfiction? Fanfiction is the multiverse for a fandom. It's a way that allows the characters you love, hate and adore to lead different lives. It's not all fix it fics and smut. Although there is tons of that. It's a place where those characters can do and be anything. Live in any time. Embody any trope. Crossover to any other fandom. The only limit is the imagination of the writer. It's a place where other members of the fandom can be entertained and nerd out to all the different fics. Fanfiction has no limits. That's why I never get tired of reading about the same characters over and over.

#fanfiction #ao3 #ao3fic #ao3 writer #fanfiction writers #fanfiction readers #multiverse #au fanfiction #fix it fic #smut #tropes #romance #fanfic

[ssshh-im-a-secret]

I have an idea for a Bungou Stray Dogs OC’s ability.

I call it, “Weight of Words.”

Basically, they’re like Inumaki from Jujutsu Kaisen. If you don’t know what that means, I’ll explain.

When they say something it happens. Best example is when Inumaki says “Blast off” (could be “Blast Away”, I do not remember) it sends his enemy flying.

However, for the OC, I imagine that they have to say it with intention, like they have to mean it. That way, if something happens and they didn’t really want it to happen they were just mad and their ability acts up, they really feel, the weight of their words.

Could be good for angst, though also comfort or fluff depending on how you write it.

Have fun!

#bungou stray dogs #bungou sd #bsd #bungo stray dogs #bungo sd #oc #ocs #oc idea #oc ideas #bsd oc #bungou stray dogs oc #bungo stray dogs oc #fanfiction #fan fiction #fanfic #fan fic #fanfiction writing #fanfiction writers #fanfiction readers #fanfiction reader #good play on words if you ask me #happy writing

[positivelyruined]

#because I’m curious #reblog for reach #ao3 #ao3 fanfic #ao3 writer #ao3fic #ao3 poll #fanfiction poll #writing poll #on fanfiction #fanfiction authors #fanfiction readers #thing: text post

[conjectureand-gloom]

dear fanfiction readers,

i’m putting this out here just to say that, if you are a fanfiction reader, there is some etiquette, and things to remember, and especially with the bunch of new ao3 members coming over from wattpad and not knowing what to do, this is just a basic little list of ao3 etiquette.

so yes, this mainly applies to ao3, but there is some that is notable for any fanfiction.

firstly and possibly most important, writers do this all for free. we write for our own enjoyment, and sometimes we might become disinterested in the fandom, or we might just have writers block, or maybe we need a mental health break. whatever it is, please do not demand for an update. we write for free, and we need to take breaks. don’t hold us to the same standards as you would a professional writer.

read the tags. please. that would help all of us greatly.

don’t like something? don’t read it. and if you do read it, don’t comment on it. it was most likely tagged that _____ is in this fanfiction. if you read the tags, then you will have no issue.

writers don’t know what kudos mean to you. you leaving kudos could be a “omg i adore this so much”, or it could be a “thanks for writing this :D”. the writer doesn’t know what kudos mean to you. i usually take kudos as a “this was decent ig, good job”, but some readers don’t leave kudos very easily, so it might be a “omggg i love this so much”. we don’t know that. so please, leave comments! it only take two seconds to say “i really liked this! great work!”

and also, we don’t know whether you’ve reread it. and you can’t leave kudos, so i usually assume that you just didn’t think about the fic after you read it, it just became another work that you read. so leaving a comment saying “just reread this, second kudos!” is greatly appreciated. once again, only takes two seconds!

don’t leave hate comments. this is someone’s piece of work, and they spent time and put effort into these works. just, don’t leave hate comments, or they will be deleted and you will be blocked, most likely. they’re a waste of your time, and just plain rude to the writer.

don’t give people shit for what fandom they write for. i can not say this enough. no matter what your opinions on the fandom are, just acknowledge that they find comfort/enjoyment/any other positive emotion that writers may find through writing, through that fandom.

and on that, people write for different reasons, and just make sure you respect that. i started writing bc i had an active imagination, and i loved the fandom that i was in when i was younger. now, i write as a way to vent, and deal with my emotions, and as a way of enjoyment. it’s different for everyone. respect everyone. it’s not that hard.

and to writers, i love you, and i’m proud of you. youre doing a great job, and if you’ve received any negativity bc of writing, don’t listen to them, and do what makes you happy.

reblog if you wish, and add any more points that you have if you want!

#this is inspired by the multitude of posts i’ve seen about negativity writers have recieved on tumblr and ao3 for writing and taking a break #from their writing and it was annoying me so i had to make a post about it lol #alexwrites #ao3 #ao3 etiquette #archive of our own #wattpad #ff.net #fanfic #fan fiction #fanfiction #fan fic #fanfiction readers #fanfiction writers #edit: why the fuck did this suddenly blow up lmao

[starjones-on-ao3]

Shout-out to fanfic writers from twenty years ago...

One late night in December 1999, I stumbled by chance of a Qui-Gon/Obi-Wan slash story. I didn’t know fanfic was a thing, and suddenly I found myself in the most wonderful rabbit hole. I quickly switched to reading het featuring one or both of my favorite hunks.

This was at a time where you either read the stories on your home computer, or printed them. None of them can be found online now. They were from various Geocities websites, Yahoo Groups, Listservs, defunct archives such as Jedi Hunks, Corellia, and others...

I gradually stopped reading fanfiction a few months after I had started. But through the years and many moves, I kept my precious binder with my favorite stories, even if I was not going to open it for years at a stretch.

I wanted to aknowledge the work of some writers whose names I can track in my binder : Emmy, Ambur, Kayla, Eiluned, Jenn.

To you dear writers, thank you :)

#fanfiction readers #fanfiction writers #Ao3 #star wars fandom #star wars fanfiction #star wars fanfic #obi wan fanfiction #qui gon and obi wan #Qui gon jinn fanfiction #qui gon fanfiction #smut fanfiction #quiobi