I know why they bailed here; it's where the dove dies. That being said the fic is heavily tagged and there's plenty of warning so. Just a rude ass person

I SWEAR 2027 will be my year, this can't go wrong in any way!

I will admit my guilt, indeed the characters are nothing like canon. In my defense I can only say… IT’S FUCKING FANFIC!

I’m probably just getting rage baited by some asshole kid with too much time in their hands, but this is the fifth comment along those lines I’ve gotten from guest accounts in the last 2 weeks since I started posting this fic. It’s just annoying the hell out of me.

Also, can I just say that, in the unlikely case this isn’t ragebait but actually serious, clicking on a fic that contains the tags ‘eventual smut’ and ‘shame kink’ and then complaining about “Motherfucker!” and “Fuck off, asshole.” (the literal only two instances of cursing in this particular chapter) is probably not the smartest decision? It’s gonna get a whole lot worse if you are this guy.

I guess it is annoying when it is like random slander irelevant for the "main story" (like random slander of the canon partner), but it's fanfic, the summary and tags usually tells you in what way will the characters be different. What I care about is if they sound like themselves on the 1% chance they are doing this.

I saw a post earlier in which a comment said "quitting this story rn" and I was like "you could also just... click off?"

hope this helps. digital technology is very difficult in these dark, dark days.

Idk if they are in Reddit, and I love all the comments I get even the little “love this chapter” or sometimes just a “<3” they are special to me, but got this before going to bed and I felt that little sting of happy tears. Nothing better for a writer than when your reader feels your writing to the degree where they start theorizing and “breaking down” the plot.

Love to ALL the commenters out there on any story, no matter how big or small. And love to the lurkers in the shadows

On a side note. Who wins in terms of writing?
Kellhus or Fang Yuan?

I have no one to share this with, even if I did they wouldn’t get how much this means to me and it’s genuinely my first fic.

It's listed as 1/? chapters. The blurred sections are the username of the author and their friend. Does this technically count as fannish enough to stay up? I'm on the fence.

The entire work as it is right now is pictured in image 1, totalling 80 words, so I think this is rather under the same blanket as prompt requests with no real chapters yet, yes?

So sorry if this has a really obvious answer either way, I've been intermittently lurking on Ao3 for years but only recently started engaging with it a lot.

I write multi-chaptered fics, one-shots, and drabbles. I was told that drabble collections aren't good because it makes it harder to filter and to make them as separate fics. However, I've seen people say that drabbles clog up the feed and makes an author's account look bigger than it actually is.

For people that are mainly reader's which one would you prefer?

Es mi primera vez escribiendo fanfics y publicando en plataformas, pero mi primer lenguaje es el español y no hablo muy bien inglés. Primero pensé en escribir normal y después usar un traductor, pero muchas veces tienen errores, y leí por ahí que alguien usaba IA para traducir sus historias pero no me gustaría usar mi fic para entrenar una IA

Ustedes que harían: traducir con Google o publicar en español y que los lectores lo resuelvan jaja

Hey everyone! I need some honest feedback regarding fic because I've been building this dystopian Omegaverse world for over a year, and at this point, I think I'm getting in my own way.

I chose Omegaverse because I want to challenge its traditional gender roles and power dynamics rather than reinforce them. My world combines French Revolution-inspired class conflict, Chinese dynasty-inspired aristocracy, warring colonies and wolf packs, and zombie-like creatures called ferals.

The ruling elite claim to be divinely chosen purebloods and maintain a patriarchal system built around controlled reproduction. Meanwhile, male Omegas are treated as inferior, unscented Alphas are considered defective and prone to ferality, and anyone who doesn't fit society's expectations is either exploited or cast out.

The mythology revolves around Ala, Zala, and a sacred White Quarry that both humans and wolves were forbidden to harm. Both sides eventually break the pact out of greed, but the ruling class rewrites history to blame Zala and justify its oppression of Omegas.

My main story follows two characters: an unscented Alpha who infiltrates a colony disguised as an Omega healer to spy on a feared Alpha commander, and the commander himself, who is secretly a male Omega hiding from his own patriarchal family. Meanwhile, the elite are concealing a horrifying secret: one of their own has finally succumbed to ferality, potentially exposing the truth behind their supposed pureblood immunity.

I want to explore their relationship, hidden identities, political conspiracies, and how two people who defy their assigned roles navigate a world built to punish them. The lore is meant to support the story, not become the story itself.

Here's my problem: I've never written a full novel before, and I don't read as much as I'd like to. Most of these ideas come from my own imagination, but I've rewritten my first chapter SIX TIMES and still can't figure out where to begin. Every time I write, the plot gets bigger and more complicated until I freeze.

So, what would you find most interesting in a story like this? The character dynamics, the gender-role subversion, the political intrigue, or the mystery behind the ferals and the mythology?

And for those who've experienced this kind of writing paralysis, how did you finally get out of your own head and start writing?

I'm not looking for validation. I genuinely want to learn how to turn all these ideas into an actual story without drowning in my own worldbuilding. Any advice is appreciated! :'))

I have a fic idea that I'm very much considering having an "it was all a dream" ending. I know that's a very controversial route but I feel like it's correct here, and the fic is set in Wonderland, so it's not totally off-theme.

But, since many people don't like it, I'm unsure wether or not I should tag it. On one hand I don't want people to read a fic I know they may hate the ending of, but on the other I feel like knowing it's a dream will change the entire way people read the fic and ruin it for people who would actually enjoy the twist or fic itself.

hiii! not sure if this is the right subreddit to look for a skin butttt i was wondering if anyone had the css to either of these skins? i just saw them on twitter and both OPs didn’t post the css or links :,) thank uuu to anyone who can help!! <3

Looking for this story somewhere. It was deleted off AO3.

Looking for this story somewhere. It was deleted off AO3.

Heya!

So I've restarted writing recently after a long long time, (more than 15 years now). It feels like I'm doing something wrong, or my writing isn't upto the mark, story doesn't flow or maybe the dialogues aren't natural. Basically, a lot of anxiety over anything I write.

Now, I work in a profession that has a 180 to creative writing and I think its because I'm so used to my professional environment that I have lost confidence or flair in my literary skills. Any time I imagine a scenario and start writing, I feel like its bungled up and all over the place. Basically, not a good writing. Not helping my pursuit to be better.

My question is, How to get a feedback on your story/write-up/skills so you could polish it, know your mistakes ans work on them? Do you ask many of your friends to read through your work and give constructive criticism, or take help from an tools available on the internet, or is there a specific mindset to follow?

Please share your wisdom, everyone! (As you can already tell, I'm an introvert with performance anxiety 😄)

I don’t know anyone in person who would do it, and I’m not really in many fandom spaces online. This will be my first published fic, so I’m trying to run it through at least one beta before I post.

I am trying to filter a fic and the site keeps going completely white. Ive reloaded the url, restarted my phone and reopened new tabs but nothing is working. Anyone else experiencing this.

I have this fic that I'm planning, and there's some major characters that only appear in the middle or near finale of the story. So I don't know if I should keep them hidden until they make their appearance and then add their tags, or if I should include them right from the start. I'm worried it might spoil things or make readers get tired of waiting too long for them to appear

I saw a fanfic that was being searched for and it really appeals to me. The posts have been deleted and the user never wrote anything else, so I hope someone will know what they were talking about or that the user ao3 will see this message. I'm putting their message and the links to their two posts here. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/75397921

https://archiveofourown.org/works/75398026

Listen, I need help finding a Polytrix fanfic that mentions Rumi's weird smile is because she's a demon (or halfling), because demons don't know how to act like normal people or something like that, I remember. Also, I need to read the fanfic where Mira and Zoey fight each other because when one of them is behind Rumi while she's sleeping, she reaches for her chest and purrs or something. Could someone help me? Thank you so much guys😭💕🫶🏻🫶🏻

So, I've been writing on AO3 for a little over a year now, and I've written a lot. I primarily write OCs, and I've created a ton of stories with OCs and their unique plots and storylines blended into canon or with the canon characters.

However, I've recently had a pulling to go back to my very first long fic, the one that started it all, my forever favorite OC and story. At the time I wrote it, I hadn't seen all of the source material in chronological order (long story short, I had a client who watched the show religiously, and every week when I visited, they were on a different season from the week before and we would sit through two to three episodes together, and that's what got me writing for the fandom 😅). I have since seen the first season all the way through, and now I want to enhance my first fic. I want to write it better, better develop my OC and her relationships with the canon characters (I gave her a very unique premise that my readers seemed really excited for and nobody in the fandom has done yet, and if done well, could be extremely interesting; I feel I failed to live up to the hype in my first pass). I also want to align it with the first arc of season one.

My question is: should I keep the original fic name, and just add "Reimagined" or "Remastered" to it, or should I give it a completely new name?