Reference Guide to AO3: Reading, Writing, and Navigating the Archive
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
Dummy link for ref guide beta readers.
- Advice and support for commenting other people's fanfiction
- Making your experience comfier
- Being a good beta reader
X. Fannish Norms and Etiquette
Dummy link for ref guide beta readers.
Writing
X. General Tips
- On Chapter Length: In short, “Don't be too long.”
- On Foreshadowing: Especially important in Harry Potter ficdom, 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
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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.