“Stop being so political.” Babe, I would LOVE to go back to painting flowers and talking to the moon, but apparently basic human rights are still up for debate.
This move to only kudos works when they're finished is actively leading to more fics becoming abandoned, bc if there's no comments or kudos how are people supposed to know that other people want more?
My strategy isn’t “write for myself” it’s “have an insane ego.” Some of my fics I love flop and I’m like “y’all are wrong. Its awesome. Im sorry you didnt enjoy it.” I don’t love all my fics but you cant shake my belief that certain ones are good unless you give me good critiques
Never stop saying "dozen" and "half dozen". Never stop using the word you read in an old novella. Never stop using your regional jargon. Don't succumb to an internationalized English stripped of its whimsy and romanticism in the name of streamlining global commerce.
In honour of Ao3 moving out of beta I think we need to remind everyone that ao3 was founded to fight censorship. Literally made as an Archive for fan works because every other site would delete “problematic” works or cave to outside pressures
If you don’t like that, leave.