ortholily on a03 | 🥀

my main is @sillyfirecracka, but use this account to yap about writing. my profession keeps me busy. pfp credit @zooragizoo. tag: angst with happy ending

[ortholily on a03 | 🥀 @ortholily]

sometimes i have a deep desire to write fluff but then i open the doc and look at my fluff ideas and my fingers just have no drive

[ortholily on a03 | 🥀 @ortholily]

@Ginevra_Nathy all my work gets like ten passes before getting posted and yet i read this one fic over and stared in horror at it… and just edited it to hell again… lets see what happens in a year from now ig

[ortholily on a03 | 🥀 @ortholily]

instead of working on a new chapter for a fic or even a new fic overall, i’m rewriting chapters for one fic because i ended up re-reading & HATING IT but instead of just scrapping it, i’ll write it in a way to love it so i can continue it since the i fleshed out the plot already

[shipra @shipranotes]

reading a book you love is such a strange experience because you want to finish it immediately but also desperately want it to never end

[. @paraselenespear]

ramping up (reading link below)
#yutamaki #ytmk

[yuuta/maki defender 🌤️🌱 | i’m j! @sillyfirecracka]

it’s impolite to tag ship C/D if they are not a main focus like A/B because people who scroll ship C/D are looking to read about C/D and not A/B. you can still “warn” about C/D in tags on works for A/B but you don’t have to use the relationship tag

[MAJOR @Squeeze1i]

Things fic readers need to know (esp for ao3):

1: Don't like? Don't read

2: your kink is not my kink

3: dead dove do not eat = heed the tag warnings

4: ao3 allows any fics because it is fiction. Stop vying for censorship, they won't do it. See 1

5: stop reporting fics you don't like. See 1 and 4

6: comments/kudos/bookmark fics you do like, the writer gets more motivated to write that way

7: there's a filtering system. Use it

8: your ship is not my ship = see 1

[vena cava 🦇 @bleed_peroxide]

Folks need to realize that if you see “author chose not to warn” that ANY/ALL of the Big Four could be present.

The lack of warning IS the warning.

[ᵛᵉⁿᵒᵐ ◥ ◤ @RUBL3D3V]

I have a serious question for those who pretend they can read while listening to music...

Why are you lying?

[ortholily on a03 | 🥀 @ortholily]

i must be misunderstanding something about how a03 tags work, that’s definitely it, since i’m trying to get better at tagginf my fics and just end up confused lol

[ortholily on a03 | 🥀 @ortholily]

one annoying thing i have to say about a03 tags is that there is not enough tags like wdym bpd or aroace etc is not a tag. why are all the options “___ is ___” like yeah i can just type out the word but it’s the mere fact that it’s not a tag that’s confusing

[🩷💜💙 Holly 💙💜🩷 @HP13_creates]

I wish more people left comments on fics they enjoyed. While it's true we write for ourselves, it would be dishonest to say we didn't care about engagement. I don't think people realize how much a simple emoji or "Loved this" means to a writer, especially a less popular writer.

[queereotype ☻ @thatqueerkiwi]

the conversation around censorship and ao3 is exhausting. the reason they can’t just not allow specific things is because it’s impossible to monitor. if you apply restrictions on works about rape, pedophilia, incest etc it also removes the opportunity to have important +

[yuuta/maki defender 🌤️🌱 | i’m j! @sillyfirecracka]

chapter 4 of as fate would have it...
the incident.
https://t.co/LXHIL0TeWP

[Salem 🎸🤘 @fallenfirstman]

Advocating for censorship is never progressive and always serves the oppressor rather than helping the oppressed you claim to be protecting by railing for it

[ortholily on a03 | 🥀 @ortholily]

@paraselenespear yeah i’m debating taking down one of the fics to rewrite it because i do not like it rn but idk if its because i’m being really critical of my fluff

but i more meant like before ever posting something like i swear i’ll have a chapter done but i edit it all over like seven times

[ortholily on a03 | 🥀 @ortholily]

fanfics writers how often do you edit your fics? i’m trying to see something

[lu 🌊 @amaizhanlu]

no, fiction isn't necessarily shaped by someone's values or beliefs. it's why there's authors who preach love and are violent abusers irl. people's beliefs and biases are not born from fiction, yet y'all try to excuse yourselves and shift the blame onto it like religious zealots

[ortholily on a03 | 🥀 @ortholily]

@getohimes this is entering depths i do not want to touch

[ortholily on a03 | 🥀 @ortholily]

the kinktober prompts ended up on my tl and lord yeah nah i’ll stick with angst and my version of nsfw some of the shit on that list are not kinks

[🏮🜏𝕸𝖎𝖉𝖓𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙🜏🏮 of Friestwt🍟 𖤐🌙 🦇🕯🩸 @_Midnightshade_]

🧵 I posted about this separately before, but I do think there's nuance to the discussion on criticism.

I do think people should want to improve in a hobby they claim to enjoy, but I don't think it should be mandatory, either.