Rule 1, Don’t like, Don’t read
Pretty simple and straight forward. It doesn’t matter if it’s tagged as a ship you dislike or you’re 10 chapters in, if you don’t like it or it disturbs you too much, stop. The back button is your friend.
Rule 2, Properly Tag
If your fic contains anything possibly triggering or squicky, tag it. If your fic is an AU, tag it. If your fic is about a ship, tag it. Vice versa, do not overtag or improperly tag. If your fic is based around Stucky, don’t tag Stony.
Rule 3, Filters are your friend
If the app or website has an option to filter tags, use it. If you need to download an extension, download it. If someone has missed an important tag, you can politely message them requesting to add it.
Rule 4, Don’t harass people for shipping your NoTp
We all have that one ship we absolutely positively hate with every fibre of our being. And chances are, someone hates your Otp with the same ferocity. Don’t harass people over shipping your NoTp.
Rule 5, Do your research
If you’re writing a fic and a plot point or character is introduced you’re not sure how to write, research it! Google is your friend! There are also blogs dedicated to assisting people with certain topics such as @writingwithcolor
Rule 6, Your kink is not my kink, and that’s okay
Chances are, someone gets off to something you hate. And, that’s okay! We all have different and varying tastes!
Rule 7, Feedback keeps content creators creating
Likes, comments, reblogs, and recomendations keep your fanfic writers writing. Where would writers be if no one read their works? Where would artists be if no one bought their art?
Rule 8, If you want it, write it
It’s bound to happen to everyone, you just can’t find a specific fic for a specific ship or it’s that one rare pair no one appreciates like you do. What do you do in this situation? You write it yourself! It may not be the best-written or most poetic or maybe it’s just a pure crackfic, but that’s okay!
Rule 9, Fanon is not Canon
Likewise, headcanons are not canon. And if someone has a different headcanon, that’s okay! Sure, we may ignore canon for fics but headcanons and fanfiction and fanart are not canon!
Rule 10, Fiction is not reality
And the most important of all, fiction is not reality. Writing abuse fics does not mean you support abuse in real life. Writing suicidal characters does not mean the writer is suicidal. Writing glorified murder fics does not mean the writer supports murder in real life.
If you have more positive rules, feel free to add! These are just 10 little rules I find to be very important for a happy healthy fandom. Remember, fandoms are supposed to be for fun! You write that shameless self-insert Mary Sue OC, you write that rarepair smut, you write that 250k slow burn Coffee Shop AU! You make fandom as fun as you want it to be!
Tag: writing stuff
aro gothic
- · Someone asks if you’re dating anyone. You say no. they look at you with pity.
- · You try to fill out a form online. “Name of partner”, it asks. You look for the option for “none”. You can’t find it. “name of partner?” you can’t progress the form. “name of partner?” you can’t go back either.
- · You call the helpline. “oh, we’re very inclusive, we don’t mind if you list your same sex partner,” the chipper voice says. You try to explain you don’t have one. They don’t listen.
- · It is valentine’s day. It has been valentine’s day for weeks. Red rose petals litter the streets. Chalky candy hearts crunch under foot. It is valentine’s day.
- · “When you get married, you’ll understand,” they say. You don’t want to get married. “that’ll change when you get married.”
- · Someone asks if you’re dating someone. You say no. “Still nobody?”
- · Someone gives you two tickets to the movies. “Bring your partner!” You say you’ll bring a friend instead. They stare.
- · There are two places laid at the table in the restaurant. A double bed in the hotel room. Two towels in the bathroom. You leave your double’s space empty wherever you go. Sometimes you swear there’s something sitting in the empty seat.
- · They ask if you’re dating anyone. You tell them no. “are you sure you don’t want me to find you someone?”
hey so i found out that not a bunch of people knew about this handy thing
but you can post anonymously on AO3!!! here’s how it works:
- post it under this collection
- everyone sees this work under “Anonymous” but you see your own work as “Anonymous [Your Username]”
- the fic is STILL connected to your account, but nobody can trace it back to you + you still get comments in your inbox!
- “is it like “Orphan”?
- nope! it’s not! the difference is when you Orphan a work, it’s no longer connected to your account and you can’t get alerts/comments.
- “can I de-anon my work?”
- yes you can! you can de-anon your work any time you want. all you have to do is remove your work from the anonymous collection!
if you are shy about posting, or scared of having a work connected back to your account, or even participating in an anon fest, this is PERFECT!
Also, you can reply to comments; it will show your name as “Anonymous Creator.”
if you actually played a soulmate au straight it would be super fucking hilarious
like w the names? youre telling me it wouldnt end up like w horses? people aiming for the most unique possible name to ensure their kid finds their soulmate? like white people names might almost make sense w that in mind
or first words? like no one would be willing to recite Customer Service spiels from the get go, basic greetings would probably be somewhat limited and only really expected by people who found their soulmate. half of meeting people in a group would just be everyone making sure to address one another directly w some random ass bullshit like “toes are my favorite animal”
first touch activates telepathic bond or whatever? either everyone touches eachother or everyone avoids tough. some inbetween of course but this is humanity were talking abt
i love me some schmoopy romance but lbr any of this shit in whatever universe would shape culture wildly and theres no way it would be nearly so recognizable as wed expect them to be
Yes. And don’t try to convince me there wouldn’t be “Find your soulmate!” businesses everywhere. There’d be a huge market for that.
fromthemindofatwentyorotherlycan:
Make a Vampire character who’s lived through several waves of the common language’s development and can’t let go if certain gramatical habbits from different time eras.
So like, thou ist a horrid creature, an absolute cur, but go off i guess
… can i use that phrase irl?
Absolutely you can and I encourage more uses of similar phrases that just completely fuck up the chronology of the english langauge. I wanna hear 15th century english mixed with surfer speak mixed with current age internet lingo like all the time.
Like this? Well my dude, seems like a weasel hath not such a deal of splean as you’re toss’d with. Chill already, you’re not valid.
You are an unrighteous, bastardly gullion. Heaven truly
knows that thou art false as hell. When you die, I will face God and walk
backwards into hell just so that I can beat your ass in the afterlife too.I love the idea of a vampire who’s language travels back in time as they get pissed.
what do you think @eiznel? XDDDD
I adore this idea XD
This is interesting. Dialogue is difficult enough for me, though, so I’m going to stick to my generic, modern English-speaking vampires. ^^”
i really like the advice “write marginalized characters but don’t write about marginalization unless you experience it”
absolutely i think cis people should expand their horizons and write trans characters, but they shouldn’t write stories about being trans. likewise i think allistic / NT authors should write about autistic characters! but not stories about being autistic.
represent us. absolutely. but don’t tell our stories. let us do that.
This is an excellent way of exploring/explaining that division, which is hard to express succinctly. Brilliant. 👏🏼
“This is your daily, friendly reminder to use commas instead of periods during the dialogue of your story,” she said with a smile.
“Unless you are following the dialogue with an action and not a dialogue tag.” He took a deep breath and sat back down after making the clarifying statement.
“However,” she added, shifting in her seat, “it’s appropriate to use a comma if there’s action in the middle of a sentence.”
“True.” She glanced at the others. “You can also end with a period if you include an action between two separate statements.”
Things I didn’t know
“And–” she waved a pen as though to underline her statement–“if you’re interrupting a sentence with an action, you need to type two hyphens to make an en-dash.”
You guys have no idea how many students in my advanced fiction workshop didn’t know any of this when writing their stories.
Reblog to save a life
I love how easy it can be to learn stuff like this through tumblr and not through school.
Thank you to whoever made this cute thing, very helpful. Here’s some advice to anyone who wants it!
Ambient sounds for writers
Find the right place to write your novel…
Nature
Places
Garden with pond and waterfall
Study room from victorian house with rain
Fictional places
Chloe’s room (Life is Strange)
Blackwell dorm (Life is Strange)
Two Whales Diner (Life is Strange)
Star Wars apartment (Star Wars)
Star Wars penthouse (Star Wars)
Tatooine (Star Wars)
Coruscant with rain (Star Wars)
Yoda’s hut with rain ( Star Wars)
Luke’s home (Star Wars)
Death Star hangar (Star wars)
Azkaban prison (Harry Potter)
Hogwarts library with rain (Harry Potter)
Ravenclaw common room (Harry Potter)
Hufflepuff common room (Harry Potter)
Slytherin common room (Harry Potter)
Gryffindor common room (Harry Potter)
Hagrid’s hut (Harry Potter)
Hobbit-hole house (The Hobbit)
Things
Transportation
Historical
Titanic first class dining room
Sci-fi
Futuristic apartment with typing
Post-apocalyptic
Horror
World
Trips, rides and walkings
The quickest show not tell tip ever.
‘Always show, not tell,’ is a big fat lie. If you always show, you’ll have half a novel of descriptive words and flowy sentences that will be hard to read.
Here is a quick tip:
Show emotion.
Tell feelings.
Don’t tell us ‘she was sad.’ Show us- ‘Her lip trembled, and her eyes burned as she tried to keep her tears at bay.’
Don’t show us ‘her eyelids were heavy- too heavy. Her limbs could barely function and she couldn’t stop yawning.’ Tell us – ‘she felt tired that morning.’
Showing emotion will bring the reader closer to the characters, to understand their reactions better. But I don’t need to read about how slow she was moving due to tiredness.
Likewise, when you do show, keep it to a max three sentences. Two paragraphs of ‘how she was sad,’ with no dialogue or inner thought is just as boring.
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