50 Tips For (fanfic) Writing

50 tips for (fanfic) writing

have fun

write whatever is interesting to you, even if it won’t be interesting to anyone else

appreciate kudos when they come, but don’t expect them

appreciate comments when they come, but don’t expect them

if you wish you could just write that one scene you have in your head, do that. you don’t need to create a 30K backstory for it first.

embrace one shots

embrace drabbles

embrace writing your story out of order

rough drafts are meant to be rough. if you can’t think of a word, put in a placeholder for it and keep going.

try not to get stuck on the little things

it’s okay if your readers can’t see the picture inside of your head

some people work well when they have a posting schedule. some people work well when they don’t. it’s okay if you don’t know which kind of person you are, and it’s okay if the type of person you are changes over time.

if a rule you created for yourself isn’t working for you, get rid of that rule.

make fandom friends. even if they don’t read your fic, they’ll cheer you on while you write it.

cheer on other writers you know. you’ll be cheering yourself at the same time.

no trope or genre is better or worse than another one. they all just appeal to different audiences.

quality and popularity are not the same thing, although they do sometimes overlap

numbers and statistics will never tell you whether or not you’re a good writer. they will never tell you how valuable you are as a person.

you belong in fandom if you want to be there

you’re a writer as soon as you start writing things

writing and posting are two different things. your story is still worth writing, even if you never plan to share it

you don’t need to apologize for what you write or what you post.

don’t worry about taking up too much space. the internet doesn’t have a maximum size.

keep your readers in mind when you’re tagging your content. how could they search for your fic? if you use a tag, will be a reader who loves that tag be satisfied with how much it appears in your story?

if you have a relationship in your fic that plays a minor role, tag it in the Additional Tags section instead of the Relationship section so that people who love that ship don’t get their hopes up

be cautious when looking at bookmarks on your fic. they aren’t “extra comments.” that’s a space where readers make notes for themselves and each other, not for authors.

you don’t need to know everything about canon before you start writing fic

you don’t need to read fic in the same fandoms you write for

you don’t need to read fic at all in order to write it

love your work because sometimes you’re the only one who will - and that’s okay

if your hobby starts feeling like a job, you might need to take a break before you get burnt out

if you get stuck on a story, you can always start a new one

if you fall out of love with a story, you can always stop writing it. if you’re worried about your readers, you can always give them a bullet point summary of where you were planning to go with thing. for a lot of people, that’s satisfying and provides closure

if you get hate, report it

use the tools at your disposal to block hate before it can come in (limiting or turning off comments, limiting or turning off asks, blocking users, etc)

try replying to comments sometimes. it can be a lovely way to make fandom friends

don’t be afraid to reblog your own writing posts.

if you get stuck on your summary, just write 1) who the story is about 2) what they are doing and 3) what problem gets in their way

notice when your writing makes you smile. that moment is a gift. enjoy it.

notice when your writing makes you cry. that moment is a gift, too.

even if you’re disappointed in how your story turned out, there’s something in there that’s fantastic. find that thing and focus on it and feel proud.

some ideas are ones you want to write. some are ones you want to read. if you ever have too many ideas to deal with at once, give some of the latter ones away to someone else.

sometimes the things you write will be really personal. be careful about putting them where other people can comment. they won’t know how personal it is for you, and you need to remember that comments aren’t about you, they’re about the story.

remember that you can write series as well as stories. if the story is done but you still have passion or ideas, start a new one in the same universe.

enjoy the satisfaction of finishing a story. savour it. bask in it a little while.

don’t feel guilty about abandoning a story. not every story gets finished, and that’s okay

you can have separate accounts for different fandoms. you can have one account with a million fandoms in it. do whatever works for you.

sometimes writing is more important than sleep - but only sometimes

it doesn’t matter if that story has been written before by someone else. it doesn’t matter if it was written by you. write it again.

only follow the advice that makes sense to you. the rest isn’t important.

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lumni-chan

1 year ago

Lumni, my One piece oc

Do with genie anime ai

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oc anime one piece manga ai one piece oc genie anime

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lumni-chan

1 year ago

I love this post😂

The crows hanging out together, the couples cuddling with each other

Kaz laying down : i am bored…

Inej: no…

Kaz: yes…

Inej: Kaz,no

Kaz: Kaz yes

Kaz sits up

Kaz: Zenik,you and your boyfriend are disgusting, we are not interested in seeing your cutesy display, no other couple can disturb me this much with their cuteness. So disturbing there,sharing the seat like the co depending pair you are, sickens me

Jesper: i beg your pardon?

Nina: In Kaz’s language: he said we are the cutest couple he knows, loser

Jesper: Wylan and I are sharing the seat too

Kaz grabs the popcorn

Nina : Matthias and I are so cute, we share our desserts

Jesper: well, Wylan and I share our breakfast

Wylan: more like we kind of fight for it-

Jesper: you shh!

Nina: Matthias and I share our passwords

Jesper: Wylan and I share our pijama, and I am not saying we exchange them, we literally pick one and I wear the bottom only while he wears the top only , the remaining half exposed

Wylan seeing Kaz opening his mouth: don’t!

Nina: Matthias and I share our tooth brush!

Matthias: we do what?!

(Twenty minutes later)

Jesper: we share the bath!

Nina: so do we!

Wylan: Jes! (Matthias: Nina!)

Nina: we share hair products!

Jesper: we have shared undies!

Wylan: Jesper for fuck sake!

Jesper: well,i couldn’t say hair products, it’s obvious we don’t share that one

Wylan: just for the record, it was only once and my closet was set on fire

Nina: Matthias and i share dreams! We sometimes dream the same thing

Jesper: new flash! dreaming that Kaz is abducted by aliens is not a cutesy couple thing, we all have been there!

Jesper: also, to convince you who are the actual best couple, I’ll go to a lawyer, change my name and birth certificate to match Wylan’s and we’ll be sharing an identity…

Nina: not if I get there first to change Matthias’s certificate to match mine!

(Both run away from the room,Inej stands up)

Inej: I’ll get them

Kaz: the best entertainment is free

Wylan : Jesper did have a point in saying that dreaming Kaz getting abducted it’s an universal thing

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lumni-chan

6 months ago

Dazai as Klaus Hargreeves AU

15!Port Mafia Klaus/Dazai:But I got smarter, I got harder in the nick of time

12!Klaus:Honey, I rose up from the dead, I do it all the time

22-30! ADA Dazai:I got a list of names, and yours is in red, underlined

All of his version trough the years:I check it once, then I check it twice, oh

Ooh, look what you made me do

Look what you made me do

Look what you just made me do

Look what you just made me-

Ooh, look what you made me do

Look what you made me do

Look what you just made me do

Anyway I'm working on the first two chapters

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fanfic ao3 bsd bungou stray dogs dazai osamu klaus hargreeves the umbrella academy

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lumni-chan

1 year ago

Nina: would you love me if i was a worm?

Matthias: of course 💖

Wylan: would you love me if i was a worm?

Jesper: you are a worm

Kaz: would you-

Inej: You are a Kaz , which is a downgrade from a worm and i still love you. No more questions

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lumni-chan

1 year ago

Idk man smth about how Isabella and the mothers having children they knew would die only so they themselves could stay alive and then yuugo and lucas sacrificing themselves so they kids could stay alive is sending me into the sadness zone today

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lumni-chan

1 year ago

Kuwei, in the corner: This don't seem a game anymore

*Points at Nina and Kaz trowing to each other the Monopoly cards*

Kuwei: It seems the Hunger games

Kaz: checkmate

Wylan: what- we're playing monopoly???

Kaz: when you can't beat the odds, change the game

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lumni-chan

6 months ago

Let me add something: Gin don't want to leave Verlaine so she inform him, and he join them with Q.

Hirotsu follow them because Higuci took half of the black lizard's forces and he carries with him a very confused Tachihara.

And then they find Kyoka

Mori is so desperate that he promotes Kaji as a executive (thing don't end up well)

The best thing is that all in the group are considered Fukuzawa's subordinated and they're under the ADA protection, but only Dazai, Chuuya, Aku, Kyoka and Verlaine actually work in the agency.

Kouyou open a flower shop and she go to visit Chuuya and Kyoka every day.

Tachihara convince himself is still following the Hunting Dogs orders, but he started to enjoy is job at the Uzumaki café with Higuci.

Q they're living in Verlaine place and they're going to school like a normal kid.

Hirotsu is enjoying is pension.

And when Mori try to have them back Fukuzawa is like: Nope, they're all adopted now.

Oda watching them from heaven: Wtf I've created

I just imagined a very funny BSD scenario where Dazai tells Chuuya that he’s gonna leave the mafia instead of just leaving him and Chuuya is like ‘Fuck it I’m coming’ but he wants to inform Kouyou so they do and she’s like ‘I’m coming too, not letting my baby brother alone’ and somewhere in they tell Aku and Gin and they also want to come-

Anyway, this just ends up with Mori going to bed with a perfectly functional mafia and wakes up with screams and chaos cause he just lost three executives, an assassin and the Dog of the Mafia. And probably a big chunk of armed forces cause you can’t tell me Higuchi wouldn’t go with Aku.

And like, two years later, the ADA has a very pellicular (and big) visit.

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lumni-chan

1 year ago

Here's the long-awaited international release dates for Haikyuu!!! It's finally coming 🧡🧡🧡