#AO3 Stuff

[koool-thing]

#ao3 #archive of our own #ao3 stuff #ao3 writer #writing #writblr #creative writing #fanfiction #Fanfic #polls #Tumblr polls #(Please don't le t this post flop. I'm so curious abt this)

[katsy-kitty]

me writing down Hannibal fanfic ideas I daydream of intensely, sometimes for hours, as if I'm ever going to write a fanfic (I won't -- okay, I hope I do, but I'm 99% sure I won't)

also me thinking "I'll write it down later; I'll remember" and then I forget 5 minutes later and it never comes back

I've lost so many scenes and dialogue lines this way

anyway, anybody else does this? mostly the first thing, I mean. because I think the second is pretty much universal, probably.

#hannibal #nbc hannibal #hannibal nbc #ao3 #archive of our own #fanfiction #fanfic #ao3fic #fanfic writing #ao3 stuff #fic writing #fanfiction writing #fic

[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

[anxious-m3ss]

“I hope this email finds you well”

First of all the only emails that ever find me well are from AO3

#fanfiction writing #ao3 #ao3 author #ao3 stuff #archive of our own #ao3 meta #fandom culture #fanfiction culture #ao3 etiquette

[vmpirevnom]

HELP WHILE Ao3 IS DOWN SOME PEOPLE ARE POSTING FICS IN THE DOWNDETECTOR COMMENTS 😭😭😭

I’M SCREAMING

#ao3 down #ao3 #ao3 stuff

[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

[booksandpaperss]

you know when you read one of the most well written well characterized fics of a character and you’re like “FUCK YES THIS AUTHOR UNDERSTANDS” and then in the notes or in a comment reply they’re like “I hope this wasn’t too ooc I can’t tell 😭” or “I’m glad this wasn’t super ooc I was rlly nervous!” like girl this may as well have been a transcript directly from that character’s head what are you TALKING about

also this isn’t author hate obv I luv you guys I just think it’s funny how this happens a lot. fic writers youre amazing <33

#this is inspired by ao3 user miketozier smallcuts. if you’re seeing this I love your fic so much <3 #anyways #ao3 #ao3 stuff #ao3fic #elli’s random thoughts

[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

[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

[adhd-chaos-queen]

If you wanna know how I spend my free time, this is it:

#ao3 supremacy #ao3 stuff #ao3 memes #ao3 fanfic #archive of our own #ao3

[mysweetsinfulobsessions]

If you’d fucking let me!!

#ao3 fanfic #ao3 #ao3 stuff #just posted this and realized he has passed away ); #andre braugher #rip sir #ao3 kudos

[goblinwithartsupplies]

We love you guys

#ao3 down #ao3 funny #ao3 #ao3 memes #ao3 stuff #ao3 staff

[bobaheadshark]

when you find a fanfic writer whose work just sings to you… i would read anything you write…. i would wade into a tag no matter how deranged… i would travel to the ends of the earth for you if only to soothe your little oyster shell just so you would be comfortable enough to make another pearl whenever you felt like it … i would love you tenderly and support you as you carefully place every grain of sand onto your little castle, regardless of how long it takes, if only to enjoy your words just a little longer

#fanfiction #fanfic #writing #ao3 stuff #ao3 memes #ao3 #creative writing #on writing #writeblr #writer stuff #writing stuff #authors of tumblr #fanfiction stuff #writer appreciation #writer encouragement #bobah speaks

[ao3screenshots]

feels like a trap

#ao3 #ao3 tags #fanfiction #fanfic #ao3 tag #my ao3 #fan #fandom #ao3 stuff #fanfic meme