I can’t for the life of me write longfics. They are too overwhelming, I don’t know what to fill them with, I run out of steam… Generally, I have tried a few times, hated it, never finished anything, and finally admitted they are not for me.

And I thought I had learned to accept that one-shots are the way to go for me, that they are what I’m good at and what I enjoy writing, and so that’s what I should stick to… But sometimes it’s still so hard to not get bummed by the difference in the amount of engagement you can expect on one-shots vs longer fics. And it makes me so sad to think that, since I can't write longer works, I will never even be able to try to attract as much interest as some longfic authors can.

And I know that a lot of different factors contribute to the amount of engagement you get, and so it was easier for me not to worry about it too much when I was just starting. But the longer I’m active on AO3, the more it seems like writing longfics is the only way to gather regular readers. I know it’s probably not objectively true, but it is my experience so far. It’s already been a few years since I’ve been posting in the same (and not the smallest) fandom, but still every time I post a new one-shot it feels like I’m starting all over again, no user has ever commented on more than one of my fics. And what’s worse is that I feel like one-shots have an extremely short lifespan. I get engagement on them for maybe a few first days max, and then they are gone, and no one comments on them again, they disappear into the void and that makes me sad.

And I know I should be grateful for any engagement I get, and I most certainly am, but after a time I can't help but get a little jealous over the fact that others get so much more simply because the same word count that I would post over a dozen one-shots, they post as a dozen chapters in one work. I wish so much my brain would let me write longer works, it must be so exciting to take your readers on a journey like that.

I’m sorry for the rant, I just couldn't stop thinking about it lately and I needed a place to vent 😩 Has anyone here ever felt similar to me? How do you get over your jealousy?

Any advice for doing this? I read a lot of fics in a certain fandom and some of them are bad. If they're bad I can read it or move on, but if they're pretty good with some glaring errors I am tempted to leave feedback.

For example, this one fic had our MMC trying to murder our hero pretty early into it. I left feedback that it made the character very unlikeable and I didn't feel like it was what we want to see our male protagonist do. The author responded something like "thanks for tearing apart my hobby, I hope your day sucks too." Which, lucky for her, my day did suck. I thought both my feedback and her response was fair. It's a fine line to walk when you're trying to make a "bad guy" protagonist but trying to murder our female hero is just a step too far IMHO. And the feedback I left would have been feedback I wanted to get.

After that I stopped leaving feedback of any kind except for 100% positive. I figure not everyone wants to become a better writer and it's not my job to impart that on random strangers anyways.

I am just wondering what other people do and what is considered appropriate or normal. I know negative feedback can ruin someone's day, but when everything else in the fic is going well and there's that one element (big or small) that takes you out of it, it's very tempting to say something.

Appreciate any feedback on this!! (<--- ultimately this is what I should be looking for before I comment?!)

We all know about the discussions about „death of the author” debate & „separating the art from the artist” or „Hatsune Miku made Minecraft” jokes, but I’ve been thinking about more transformative and meta side of this whole debacle especially when it comes to communally created stories

The easiest examples for me to think about are from Creepypasta, SCP and Undertale fandoms

Pretty sure we all at least once have heard of genuinely massive catalog of Undertale AUs and many popular crossovers that use this huge cast of characters for their own stories. My forever favorite AU is and will be FlowerFell which unfortunately at some point got cancelled by the creators due to continuous death threats over ships and headcanons, and stealing or reposting their art. One of the creators also mentioned that they don’t wish for anyone to use their character

Creepypasta is also known for „story” being „story” in very loose sense of this word. Everyone was creating characters which interacted with other characters and if Devianart liked the character enough it was generally accepted as „canon”. Now let’s take character which even on her wiki page is stated to be one among one of the most hated one - Clockwork. The character got written in like 2012/13 by author around same age and you can definitely see it in grammar and the story. But at this point Clockwork as many other Creepypasta characters kinda lives her own life in fandom showing here and there and being shipped with everyone. Well at some point author made a post about hate they got over writing Clockwork and that they no longer will be using her, and that they give no permission to anyone to either remake her into their stories or shipping her with anyone else than Ticci Toby and especially doesn’t give permission to ship her with any girls cause she’s not a lesbian

And the last SCP fandom and infamous Dr Bright. I think it’s the most recent drama with the biggest shockwave throughout the community. The story goes that one of the admins of SCP Wiki created a self insert by the name of Dr Bright who got happily adopted by whole community into their own stories. That is until the admin got removed and banned because of a lot of „alleged” harassment of sexual nature. Now here’s when the drama begins because half the wiki decided to stop using his character all together and even replaced his name in their old works. Other half of the fandom thinks this practice is useless as Dr Bright already is inseparable part of SCP Fundation

Well let’s just say that still it’s not uncommon to meet those characters in different artworks from different creators. In traditionally published media I would say that once the art is out there it’s out there and author has no longer control over it, but in this type of stories the boundary is not so clear. They may be oc or original au but at what point do they fall into fandom „public domain” from lack of better word?

What’s your opinion on the topic of using this types of characters?

Once, I received 32 (yes, I counted) British guard emojis on a chapter about the death of one of the main characters. It was so random. I still stay up at night wondering what the person had been thinking. 💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️💂‍♂️

I've been using AO3 since 2010 after leaving FFN due to its ban on higher ratings. Very accustomed to that site. I've been debating crossposting to Wattpad, but I'm not sure what I'd be walking into. Any advice?

I don’t remember if it was movie or musical canon.

I would ask the person who mentioned it, but they said they lost the link. It was canon divergence where jd and Veronica murder Heather Duke. They use a croquette mallet.

Specifically fics that explore her inability to fly within the lense of disability?

Edit: The Fandom is My Little Pony gen4, also known as Friendship is Magic.

I’m a fan of stories that focus on non-romantic interactions.

In terms of recommendations… What are your favorite fics, platonic ships, or even fandoms that tend towards that kind of character dynamic?

In terms of writing… What are your favorite narrative aspects that draw out these character interactions? What do you think are the best or most interesting parts of non-romantic relationships?

I was reading one fanfic where the author kept mentioning the guys testicles as "two spherical orbs" over and over and over again!! It got so annoying I drop the fic

I write with a two-chapter buffer from my upload schedule so I can upload new content on time. Unfortunately, this chapter is giving me issues. I know how it needs to go, I'm just struggling to get to the battle. Anyone got any advice?

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I'm looking for a lost fic I read years ago. It's a Harry Potter yugioh crossover.

It starts with the yugioh gang, Ishizu finds a spell to give the yamis (Atem, Bakura, Marik) a body and separate them from the hikaris (Yugi, Ryou, Malik) (I don't remember which name was used for ishizu's little brother and which was used for his yamis, Marik or Malik). Yugi wanted Atem to have his own body so he could have a chance to live his life (I think he chose to stay after the ceremonial duel, but I don't remember) but Atem was worried about the spell but in the end chose to do it.

Well the spell worked but not exactly as they expected. The yamis have their own bodies but they are little kids. Ryou and Malik want nothing to do with the yamis even though they are little kids and don't remember anything of what they have done to the hikaris. So Yugi take them and raises them himself. There is a fight between Ishizu, Yugi's friends, and Yugi and in the end Yugi ends his friendship with all except Kiba, Mokuba, and Joey. Ishizu somehow keeps Atem and raises him as her child and separates him and Yugi.

With the yamis and hikaris separated it causes some problems with their magic and Yugi has to use his magic to balance the yamis. But his own magic needs help so Kaiba, who at this point finally embraces his past, uses his magic to help Yugi.

Eventually Yugi takes Bakura and Marik and moves away from Japan to England where he lives a few houses from Harry. The three boys become friends, Harry spends a lot of time with Yugi and when his Hogwarts letter comes he declined because he didn't want to leave his friends. An agreement is made with the school that Harry can start the next year since the yamis (who are a year younger thatn Harry) would also be attending since they have magic too. Yugi goes with them as a new teacher. I don't remember what subject he taught I think it was history but I'm not sure.

While Yugi is at school he finds out that Ishizu is also a teacher (again don't remember what she taught) and that Atem is a student and friends with Ron and Hermione. It hurts to see him but he stays away from him since he doesn't want to cause problems.

The fic was not finished I think it was long but I don't know for sure. I really want to find it so if anyone knows anything please let me know.

I’m looking for a Teen Wolf Fanfic of humans as pets but in a non sexual way. It had 11 chapters last time I read it.

I honestly can’t find much. Any recs?

I just finished reading “Whispers of Scarlet and Midnight Blooms” that’s a Durge/Shadowheart fic and only fuck was it great. Does anyone have any fics they recommend? I like reading longer stories so if it’s oneshots or only a couple chapters then I don’t really prefer them.

It doesn’t have to be Durge/Shadowheart but it is definitely my favorite because when they both redeem themselves, they quite literally “save each other”.

Thanks!

Does anyone else do the same weird thing I Don in which I focus on the one negative comment and ignore the kudos and positive comments I get along the way?

I just rewatched X-Men: days of future past and realized I kind of hate the ending. Just... erasing the Logan of that time line felt dirty. To everyone that knew Logan, he essentially killed and replaced their friend/mentor, and I really don't see that ending well. All though, it was still better than the typical "and none of this ever happened" I usually see when time travel gets involved.

So, I was wondering if there was any fanfic out there that had the MC jumping back in time for some reason and as a result of the journey have exist (at least temporarily) the time line. Don't get erased with the old time line, but also they also are not native to the new time line.

So they have to deal with being unfamiliar with the new world, as well as there being a version of themselves that grew up in that time line and has a place in the world. While the everyone else has to figure out how to incorporate another version of the MC.

Any fandom is cool with me, I'll give near anything a shot as long as the story is not super dark. Though I do prefer a female protagonist.

In my current fic I am really enjoying making up random OCs with no plot relevance that are only mentioned once.

Examples: R Lagu, a headmaster of Hogwarts from medieval times who due to nearly all of the records of their existence being lost is kindof mysterious. The only things present day people know about them is 1) they were headmaster of Hogwarts 2) they wrote a book on herbology and 3) they drowned in the hogwarts lake. Nothing else is known about them, "R Lagu" isn't even their real name, and people don't know their gender, when/where they were born or their house.

Other example. Matilda Mumbleberry, who wrote a book proporting to be about an aspect of magical theory but is actually memoir detailing the affair she had with the muggle sister of her best friend.

What are your favourite plot irrelevant OCs?

Like if the Self-Insert is in Pokémon, paired with Ash; RWBY, Ruby Rose; Yugioh, Yugi, etc. Open to any Fandom so long as it's SI Romance with MC. Thank you in advance.

Looking for any fics that are about SI/isekai mc that has a power around travelling to a different world and making business deals.

Or no cheat power and just smart at business.

This isn't a specific story but general recommendations I'm looking for.

For fandoms:

MCU/marvel, Harry potter, Worm, danmachi, DC, DxD, overlord

I don't mind other fandoms fics/worlds as long as they don't rely too much on stuff I don't know.

I also don't mind if you know of any decent original story, like the "Mansion in an apocalypse world"

I like fics like the mcu "12 steps of Omnipotence" and "HammerTime", I don't mind mtl stuff either.

Thanks!

What I mean to say is, how do you keep from feeling like your writing isn't worth it, that no one will ever read it?

I've tried multiple times to write fanfiction (have at least 5 AUs) but every time I try I think "Why even bother? It's not like people will like it or recommend to others. It will never be one of the greats."

For those writing, how do you keep yourselves from thinking that or push yourself past it?

I am making (trying to make. Hoping I can make) my first fanfic story based on the show Amphibia. I was heavily inspired by the fanfic Medicated (read it. Even if you don't watch Amphibia, please read it. It is a masterpiece of literature and had me crying at all the emotional scenes) to write one involving my OC Salem.

The problem is this will be my first fic with an OC that shares the stage with the canon main character and I was wondering if there are any pitfalls to avoid. I already have a few rules:

1. no OC x Canon shipping.
2. The OC can be a main character but can't upstage the canon main character. They must have their own journey.

Any others I should know about?

What do you consider a good update rate for 3000 word chapters?

So I have been thinking of actually writing fanfiction. Been reading it for years and I wrote on fictionpress before but I want to aim for fanfiction writing. Any tips for a newcomer fanfiction author?

Unfortunately every fanfiction i seem to find is a crossover between like 40 different horror films. I want a normal fanfiction with either Max as the main character, or Daniel as the main character. That is all I ask for, please.

One of my favorite fics, (A Gentle Touch) has just recently come to an end. I had been using that fic for my Radiostatic fix for quite a while and now I need more recs of fics featuring the silly TV and deer.
Any idea please?

Hi All, Does anyone know of any pics where Damian is dropped in the MU and interacts with the Avengers?

Please GOOD Fics only (even if taste is subjective).