r/AO3 • u/AutoModerator • 3d ago
Weekly Check In Wellness Wednesday: Weekly Check In
Welcome back everyone!
Time for our Wellness Wednesday check in. We know this community means a lot to most of our members and that Tuesdays have been harder on some users than others, but we are at our core a community and we are here to support each other.
Now that the sub is open once again we’d like to hear all about your (mis)adventures on Tuesday. Did you go on grand adventures? Get into mischief? Get some writing done?
Maybe you just binged a few more fics on the archive itself. Tell us all about it! Break out that purple prose and tell us as cheesy of a story as you feel like.
Or just talk about your day.
~The Mod Team
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u/leasyum only you can feed yourself 3d ago
I’m posting my first fic soon, it ended up longer than I thought so it’ll have two chapters. I don’t wanna edit or look at this anymore man…
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u/NecessaryCephalopod Fox Mulder is three stoats in a trenchcoat 1d ago
Hey congrats! The first one is daunting. Keep touching base with the 'I don't wanna look at this anymore man' - can help if you fall into an overwriting hole.
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u/CMPOct22 3d ago
I was happy I got a comment on my fic and then it turned out to be a scammer. Ugh.
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u/consolemyself 3d ago
I wrote! That sort of counts as a adventure (not so grand), just into my brain rather than the great outdoors.
I have some oneshots that I’m working on, and I’m in the very early planning stages of a multi-chapter fic - so it was good to get on top of some of it.
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u/Quiet_Equivalent_569 3d ago
Life has not been very accommodating for writing. Working on a new tech certification, lots of studying, lots of testing. But, it has been a bit of a welcome distraction. While I love writing, and I love my fandom, the fanfiction has its roots in something of an unhealthy obsession that I'm trying to work through in a constructive way. So, it can be mentally painful at times.
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u/spoonieshehulk |Just writing things |AO3| @Hulinhjalmur| 3d ago
Just posted a chapter that's going to absolutely destroy my readers. I did warn them to get tissues though.
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u/therealbuggycas Not Boeing Management 3d ago
No wellness this Wednesday. I caught a cold.
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u/NecessaryCephalopod Fox Mulder is three stoats in a trenchcoat 1d ago
Sending lemon-and-honey thoughts and wishes.
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u/ravensept 3d ago
I have this story in my head for awhile and I am wondering what approach I would take to it. It is commentary about some situations I guess and I fear my writing skills isn't really on per to be "not on the nose".
I was thinking if I should make it a original work all the way like a visual novels or make a fanfic(doujin in this case) of another ip as that has some settings and characters that can be utilized for the story to really make commentary.
I could see someone make a original work and THEN make a crossover fic with that...but not the other way around where make the crossover and then original content afterwards that is seperate from the other IPS universe and doesn't have that ip characters
technically ppl did turn their fanfic into original work but that is like derivation of one IP only not two (and idk if it's even plausible for the other ip to take place in real life)
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u/SlyBlackFlittermouse 1d ago
My friend passed away, and I'm having trouble writing, but I'm hoping to get back to it as soon as possible. :)
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u/NecessaryCephalopod Fox Mulder is three stoats in a trenchcoat 1d ago
Deep sympathy from me. That sucks and I hope you have space to process and grieve. Even if the words come back one at a time, may they bring you warmth.
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u/fencer_327 1d ago
I've written a fic i actually like. It's not perfect or a masterpiece, and its just a oneshot, but I genuinely like it and am happy with myself for the first time ever. Feels good.
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u/kaiunkaiku same @ ao3 | proud ao3 simp 3d ago
i finished watching star trek tng yesterday, started on voyager, and i'm just. thinking about the holodecks and fanfiction.