Tag: ao3

greenekangaroo:

sauwuron:

other people writing ao3 comments: love this! can’t wait to see more ❤

me writing ao3 comments: gyjfsdghjkldsfhj fukc dude i………..id eat this if i could….

Reblog if you want someone to love your fic so hard they’d eat it

Best comment second to none I’ve ever gotten on a story, hidden in the bookmarks, no less:

This is the worst story I’ve ever read I hate it so much I wanna burn it to the ground then bake the ashes into cookies and eat them and cry like a big baby loser thinking about how much I hate this wonderful perfect too good for this world story

Fanfic authors can see your AO3 bookmarks!

mordantata:

barbex:

knightjeran:

apentomyheadandimdead:

Yes, it’s true. And it seems that many people do not know this.

When you bookmark something on AO3, you can choose to add tags or comments, but these are not private! The author can see these!

So don’t be rude! Don’t be an ass and leave something in your bookmarks that you wouldn’t tell the author.

to add a few more

but then there’s this???

If you, as a reader wants to put some critical remarks on your bookmark, please make the bookmark private. 
Seeing those comments really hurts writers.

Fanfiction is not the same as professional writing and shouldn’t be treated as such. A lot of writers are just writing to relieve stress or for fun, and if they don’t specifically ask for criticism assume that your critiques and negative ‘reviews’ are unwanted. The content you are seeing is free, remember that.

Imo this is the same as if someone loaned you their notebook with their writing in it, even if you didn’t like it would you leave a review because ‘they let you see it so’? It’s very easy to not leave negative comments or critiques when they aren’t asked for, or at least make them private.

I will say, I love reading the bookmarks on my fic because you get some AMAZING gems that give me great feedback as to what works in a story. Also, you get things like THE BEST COMMENT I HAVE EVER GOT ON A THING. I would never have seen this if I hadn’t been someone who read my bookmarks. Bask in its glory:

This is the worst story I’ve ever read I hate it so much I wanna burn it to the ground then bake the ashes into cookies and eat them and cry like a big baby loser thinking about how much I hate this wonderful perfect too good for this world story

I legitimately fistpumped when I read it the first time, and it brightens my day EVERY SINGLE TIME I read it.

(the story in question, for the curious)

Me: I posted a thing! A story! I wonder if I have any hits!
Me: Don’t look. It doesn’t matter. Your story stands alone on its own merits whether or not anyone else likes it. What matters is that you trust yourself and your work.
Me: I wonder if I got kudos. Did I get a kudo? Is that the singular of kudos? Did I get one, yet? No! I have zero kudos! No one loves me! I’m awful!
Me: It’s been five minutes. The story is ten thousand words long. Give people longer than five minutes to read a ten thousand word story. Give people longer than five minutes to see that there has even been a story posted. Some people are at work. Some are asleep. Some are watching Orange is the New Black and eating corn chips. It’s okay if you don’t immediately get a kudos. Which is its singular form, though kudo as the singular is also an acceptable back formation.
Me: Everybody hates me.
Me: Jesus Christ.
Me: I’m awful. I’m going to go hide under the dinner table.
Me: It’s been six minutes. You need to give this shit time.

All The World Save Thee And Me – IamShadow21 – Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV), Marvel Cinematic Universe [Archive of Our Own]

Title: All The World Save Me And Thee

Author: IamShadow21

Fandoms: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV), Marvel Cinematic Universe

Category: Gen

Relationships: Skye & Agents of SHIELD Team, Leo Fitz & Jemma Simmons & Skye, Leo Fitz & Skye, Jemma Simmons & Skye, Leo Fitz & Jemma Simmons, Phil Coulson & Skye, Skye & Grant Ward, Melinda May & Skye, Skye & Antoine Triplett

Characters: Skye (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Jemma Simmons, Leo Fitz, Phil Coulson, Grant Ward, Melinda May, Antoine Triplett

Rating: General Audiences

Word Count: 1,572

Summary: She’s anticipating her first group accommodation situation since the orphanage with a degree of trepidation. Coulson doesn’t look a thing like Sister Agnes, but Skye knows from experience that that doesn’t mean anything.

Content: Canon Compliant, Season/Series 01, Autism, Autism Spectrum, Fic Exchange, autistic!Skye, autistic!Leo Fitz, autistic!Jemma Simmons, autistic!Phil Coulson, autistic!Melinda May, Autism By An Autist, The Autistic Exchange, Everyone On This Bus Is Autistic, Everyone Is Autistic Because Agents Of SHIELD, Gen Work, Team Dynamics, Team as Family, Team Bonding, Team Feels, Teambuilding, Hand Flapping, Tight Spaces, Special Interests, Routine, Neurodiversity, mentions of Quiet Hands, mentions of Forced Eye Contact, Ableism, Ableist Language, Autistic People In Relationships, Autistic People Living Single, Friendship, Safe Haven, Rules

Collections: The Autistic Exchange

Reveals have gone up! Here is my Autistic Exchange fic. Go and check out the collection over on AO3, because even though it’s a tiny exchange there is a really diverse bunch of fandoms represented.

Also, if you didn’t participate (or even if you did), the prompts for the fest will be opened up for people to claim and write treats for, now that the exchange is over! So if you’re autistic and you’d like to explore one of the prompts, feel free!

All The World Save Thee And Me – IamShadow21 – Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV), Marvel Cinematic Universe [Archive of Our Own]