Chapter Summary

TOC for Reference Guide to Reading, Writing, and Posting on AO3.

Or, Reference Guide to AO3: Reading, Writing, and Navigating the Archive???

First one is probably better.

• The scripts and other resources in the sidebar on r/AO3
• https://www.reddit.com/r/AO3/comments/1i75p0v/constructive_criticism_and_fic_etiquette/
• https://old.reddit.com/r/AO3/comments/1f5mk2d/another_day_another_person_not_knowing_what_tags/
• https://archiveofourown.org/works/38685597#pageone

Reading

X. Reading on Archive of Our Own

• Advice and support for commenting other people's fanfiction
• Making your experience comfier

X. Fannish Norms and Etiquette

Writing

X. General Tips

• On Chapter Length: In short, “Don't be too long.”
• On Foreshadowing: Especially important in fandoms where fanon and disagreements of interpretation of canon are common, and your reader may therefore have a very different understanding than you of what is possible.
• On Writing Descriptions: My personal techniques for writing visual descriptions (which may be helpful for aphantasic writers in particular), considering point-of-view when you decide what and how to describe, and avoiding overly-generic words like “it” when you can be specific.

AO3

• Formatting: Useful tools
• Workskins: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Sapiente officia ab vero accusantium aut. Quae dicta sequi maiores reiciendis eum officia ex non porro praesentium at ipsa, ducimus laudantium ad!
• Setting up your chapter: Content warning, tagging guide, etc.
• Navigating AO3: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Iste eius perferendis necessitatibus impedit dicta odit atque, illum doloribus voluptates quis incidunt dolores dignissimos ratione quam laborum nostrum ea commodi a.