When reading fanfic keep in mind that for professional literature:
Fics over 40k are literally a novel written and shared for free. If you have written a 40k+ fic, you have literally written a novel.
Yep. In addition, chapters in published novels are generally around 3,000 words in length.
Fanfic writers go hard.
I love that you can name the hostesses in Yakuza 4
Novac Fallout New Vegas
I keep kicking my feet just thinking about what they’re going to do with Fallout season 2.
The devastating difference between how much time it takes to write something vs how fast people read it lol
you're falling in the trap!! it will be read by many people, many times, and it will live on in their memories. and maybe no single other human will match you in time spent dedicated to your story, but as a collective we will outlast you. acts of creation only grow when they are shared
This. Writing is not like dinner. It can be consumed many times
Some silly Majima in Yakuza Kiwami (2005)
Another AO3 thing I’m curious about, how do yall decide if something is good enough to read? Usually I follow a rule of 1 kudos for every 10 hits. One because it’s easy math and two it’s yet to fail me. Thoughts? Do you just go for it and pray it’s good?
folks, don't do this one. do not look at kudos count. do not look at comment count. do not look at hits. you read the summary and see if it sounds like your cuppa. multi-chapter fics in particular suffer a lot from inflated hit counts because loyal fans will show up for every chapter, but only get one kudos apiece. literally just read the write-up and if it's bad, you'll know within a minute of clicking on it. give new works and chaptered works a shot
“i can fix him” “i can make him worse” i can imagine him in little scenarios every night as i’m falling asleep
Begin again
WRITE IT!!! WRITE THAT SELF INDULGENT SHIT!!!
POST IT!!! POST THAT SELF INDULGENT SHIT!!!
I forgot that writing is very fun and that you're playing pretend. like all this shit and pressure about craftsmanship and art! NO!!!! you are a grown up playing with dolls! it is silly and you should have sooooo much fun pushing their heads together to make them smooch!!! or torturing them, which is what I did to my toys as a child, to the point where my mom thought I was going to grow up evil
Look. Look.
Do I think the Fallout show is gonna be bad?
Yeah.
Am I gonna watch it anyway?
Of course I am get outta here Matt Berry plays a Mister Handy robot I can't not watch it
Oh, well, if Matt Berry's involved. Yeah. Now I'm watching it.
misread that as Mary Berry and had a wild 0.3 seconds there
This works too
This isn't a funny tweet it's a threat
As I've said before. I write the story to kill it.
a comic about different types of storytellers
the creators struggle of "yes I absolutely made this for myself and I should absolutely appreciate that I made this thing that turned out amazing and be proud of it on that merit alone" vs "man it'd be cool if everyone liked this thing I made as much as I do"
