#Fanwork Research & Reference Guides Compilation post

[wangxianficfinder]

Is there a fanon vs canon (book/CQL/animation/audio) listing somewhere? For example, is LWJ cooking for WWX canon or simply some tooth rotting fanon? I'm only halfway through the book, and have never watched the animation or audio drama, etc etc, inquiring minds want to know!

I have a very faint memory of a blog like that but I can't remember if it was for MDZS or some other fandom 😅 Perhaps others have a better memory than me

~Mod L

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Hello! For Canon, I know there's this fic 🔒List of Differences Between Modao Zushi and CQL/The Untamed by Unforth (Not Rated, 3k, Meta, Fanwork Research & Reference Guides, Nonfiction, Cross-Posted on Tumblr) from our Fanwork Research and Reference Guides compilation and for Fanon, I found this TV Tropes page.

- Mod C

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danmeireader: there's a @mdzs-fanon-exposed but i believe it's currently on hiatus? (the first one was for svsss)

Oh that's the one! Thank you 😊 ~Mod L

mdzs-fanon-exposed: by the way – here's a post about lwj's cooking (wink wonk)...

[sonicenvy]

so my ao3 post, which is now at 8k notes is making me want to address some stuff from it again. So here i am posting about AO3 once again friends. In this edition, we're going to talk about content that counts as fanwork (and thus appropriate content under tos IV.H). There are a lot of awesome kinds of fanwork that you CAN and SHOULD post on your AO3.

examples of fanwork that are good to go on AO3:

drabble (a 100 word fic)

compilations of oneshots from ONE fandom/theme in a single, multi-chapter fic. This is an example of this that i posted.

fanart or fan comics, a superb example of this is this comic fic.

chat fic/social media fic (transcripts of 2 characters IMing/texting or whatever or in universe social media posts/threads/content) To get fancy with this and try out some awesome formatting, peep this work skin guide collection, or this guide or any of these guides to learn how to use HTML and AO3's workskin feature to make something that looks a lot like the real thing without resorting to images, which is worse for accessibility reasons. This is a fantastic example of an in universe social media fic.

epistolary fic (fic told in letters between characters). A fantastic example of this is this fic, which 🥰.

one shots (a single chapter, standalone fic, can be any length over 100 words)

podfic (that is, an audio recording of someone reading a fic, whether it is their own fic or someone else’s. if it’s not your fic, be sure to ask the author’s permission before posting a podfic and link back to their fic from your podfic) Here’s an example of a podfic that someone did of my fic.

AO3 workskin/site skin guides, such as this or any of the others I linked above.

Fanwork Research & Reference Guides, this is a superb example of this.

Meta, especially extended meta. This is a superb example of this.

collection of prompt fics, such as this, where the author posts a single fic, usually titled something like "tumblr prompts", puts the prompt in the author's notes of each chapter and makes the chapters the fic they wrote in response to that prompt.

script fic, that is, a mockup script for an episode or movie, which is a fic.

incomplete fic, aka wip. basically you post chapter 1/a prologue etc and continue posting as you write more. if you decide to abandon the fic, just note that in the tags or the description. you don't have to be finished with your fic to start posting!

multi chapter fic. novella length novel length, short story length whatever.

in universe media fic (that is, a fic that is like, written in things like in-universe blog posts, newspaper articles, messages, letters etc). Typically there's still some kind of story going on here.

This is not, of course a completely exhaustive list, but covers most of the allowed formats, to my knowledge. Please let me know if you think of something else!

“work” types that are NOT OK to post on AO3:

Placeholder “fic” -- A "fic" posted to AO3 that contains little to NO content, despite having a "summary" and tags. These "fics" contain only things like "a fic I will write soon," "an idea I have," or "coming soon." Some of these "fics" are also marked as complete! They do not contain any of the actual text of a fic. That is to say they are not, for example, a 100 word drabble (which is a fic), or short prologue, or the first chapter of a fic. They may contain a short description of a fic that does not exist, but are not in and of themselves a fic.

Looking for xyz fic or fic search “work” -- a “work” that is actually just a user trying to find a specific already existing fanwork. it is not, in and of itself a fanwork. Instead of doing this, learn to use filters and tags, and find fic search blogs (there are a lot of them, especially in larger fandoms) on tumblr. Alternatively ask on fandom discord servers, or fandom reddits.

A description of a fanwork that does not exist (ie: describing an undrawn comic or posting an outline of a fic that has not been written or describing a fic you plan on writing). This may also include most kinds of “bullet point” fic. This also includes “trailers” for fic. Just write and post the fucking fic. Save this kind of promotional stuff for the socials people.

Prompt Request -- the poster isn’t posting the results of prompts (ie: a my tumblr prompts compilation) but is instead asking for prompts, as though a work is a social media post. Instead of posting this, post a myPromptsComp of fics that you’ve written for prompts or challenges and ask for new prompts in the ANs (and not as a chapter).

Plagiarized work. I can’t believe I have to say this, but uh. don’t post work that isn’t yours.

Work that in ANY way implies, suggests or states that you are asking for MONEY in exchange for fic, yes even charity auction fic, yes even simply linking your Ko-fi. Don’t fucking do that on AO3. Link your socials and do that there. Don’t use AO3 for ANY commercial activity. This includes promoting the sale of any of your work, even non fanwork. This is a serious TOS IV violation.

the tdlr; here:

Use AO3 to post actual fanworks with actual content. Do not use AO3 for promotional, commercial or social posting.

[wangxianficrecs]

A Compiled List of Known Lan Clan Rules by Unforth

A Compiled List of Known Lan Clan Rules

by Unforth

no rating, 2k, writing reference, fandom research

Summary:  Drawing on multiple sources, I have assembled a list of currently known Lan clan rules.

My comments:  Very useful reference of the Gusu Lan Clan's 3000 rules.  Author has this tumblr post of them as well.

nonfiction, gusu lan clan rules, 3000 rules, lan rules, cloud recesses, writing reference, fandom research, fanwork research & reference guides, MDZS reference, wall of rules, @unforth​

(You may wish to REBLOG as a signal boost for this author if you like – or think others might like – this story.)

[laurasauras]

Writing Homestuck Fanfic Masterpost!

I’ve written a LOT of Homestuck fanfic and in that time I’ve found some invaluable tips and tricks that I wish I’d known from the start! So, given we’re having a renaissance and we’ve got a lot of new people writing fic, here’s some useful links!

First of all, the wikia is a fantastic starting point for research. 

Speaking of, you’re gonna want to be able to refer back to the actual dialogue the characters you’re writing use. Fanon is a powerful thing, but not always accurate. 

The wikia for each character contains helpful links to their pesterlogs at the bottom of their infoboxes:

This wikia page has a bunch of troll terminology (eg hunger trunk for fridge).

This tumblr has compiled all the dialogue from every character

If you’ve never used AO3 before, here’s their guide to posting and editing fics.

Also their guide to tagging your fic.

And a Homestuck specific guide to additional tags.

If you’re doing pesterlogs, here’s a guide for how to format on AO3

If you’re not doing pesterlogs or using other HTML, use the Rich Text option in AO3. It’ll keep any italics/other text formatting from your source document.

If you are doing pesterlogs, you’ll need to use HTML. Here’s a page to introduce you to it.

This site automatically converts your plain text (ROSE: Example.) to HTML formatted text ready for AO3 (<p><span class="rose">ROSE: Example.</span><br />).

This site takes your text and applies troll quirks to it.

As a side note, don’t write directly into AO3. Use literally any other word processor first or you run the risk of losing your work.

If you’re writing Epilogues fic, you may want to use a different work skin to the one included on AO3 already.

Here’s how to make a new skin.

Gamblignant8 has done the hard work and you can copy her HTML.

If you’re writing Karkat, I can’t recommend this insult generator enough. 

This dictionary of obscure words is very useful for creating chat handles, as well as in general.

This ridiculous pet name generator is fantastic.

Homestuck is the friendliest fandom I’ve written for, readers are so generous with their kudos and comments and are very willing to give new authors a chance. 

Like any fandom, success is unlikely to happen instantaneously, but don’t let a slow start discourage you! IMO, consistent posting is the most effective way of getting your work out there, as well as finding a community of fellow fans. My friends are my first readers, and I’m theirs! I found people through swaps, social media conversation, fic comments and joining discord servers.

I owe my writing output to getting into the habit of writing all the time, which I’m in because I love it. So my biggest advice is to write whatever you want and don’t push yourself towards following “writing rules”, sticking to deadlines or even finishing projects, especially when you’re starting. Don’t make fanfic into a job! It’s fun!

Whatever you want doesn’t have to be your rarepair OTP. Sometimes the best way to enjoy yourself is to write something popular and get some extra attention and validation! Writing prompts and challenges are an excellent way to get started and word sprints are the best way I know to keep going when it’s hard, but do whatever works for you. 

If you’re getting a beta/asking for constructive criticism, choose wisely. A good beta will never erase your voice to conform to a standard style and their feedback will inspire you to keep going, not make you feel bad. They’ll catch typos, but they’ll also comment on things they like. When they have suggestions, they’ll say things like “if you did x, it would really take this fic to the next level!” They’ll be your biggest fan.

The path to improvement is not through reading the perfect guide to writing, it’s through practice. Do whatever you need to do to fall in love with writing and skill will follow. 

When promoting your work on social media, talk yourself up and never apologise for creating fanwork. If praising yourself is too hard (and that’s okay!), just share the same tags you used and your summary. People flock to positivity. It’s always nice to talk about what inspired you (especially if it was another piece of fanwork).

Happy writing! 

[wangxianficfinder]

hi! sorry if this isn't the right place to ask, but since there's absolutely NO shortage of chinese symbolism in general, and also in mdzs... i was wondering if anyone knows any meta/posts/stories that specifically mention family symbolism? esp about dadxian/dadji with a-yuan if it exists, but any of the sibling sets or bm fam would be great!! i havent had a lot of success with my surface level search about radishes and butterflies akdjdks

thank you!

We do have a Fanwork Research & Reference Guides Compilation but I'm not sure if any of those goes in depth about family symbolism, does anyone know of any fics that do? Or somewhere they can find info about it?

- Mod C

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evadingreallife said: Idk about family simbolism in general but uhhh back when cql had just aired @hunxi-guilai wrote a lot about translations, symbolisms and chinese culture stuff a western audience might have overlooked etc (?). There might be something there idk

[wangxianficfinder]

Fanwork Research & Reference Guides Compilation

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All in the Wangxian Family by tungstenpincenez (G, 19k, Fanwork Research & Reference Guides, family tree, Comic-Con, Humor, tutorial, Chinese names, chinese honorifics, warning: mental illness discussion)

Writers Guide: The Guqin by ThisIsWhereTheMagicHappens (Not Rated, 1k, Fanwork Research & Reference Guides, Writers, guqin, chinese instrument, Meta, non-fiction)

How Mo Dao Zu Shi Uses Classical Chinese Literature and Ideas in Character- and World-Building by yakuzakuma (G, 5k, Reviews, Meta, Fanwork Research & Reference Guides)

Working Guide to almost every single mxtx character by Nightfeather18 (M, 1k, all the characters, every single one, help guide, Spoilers, my horrible sense of humor)

On Character's Ages by thewickling (Diviana) (G, 5k, Fanwork Research & Reference Guides, Meta, Nonfiction, Cross-posted on Dreamwidth)

On Qishan Indocrination's Duration by thewickling (Diviana) for pumpkinpaix (G, 1k, Fanwork Research & Reference Guides, Módào Zǔshī History, Qíshān Wēn Indoctrination,Timelines)

A Compiled List of Known Lan Clan Rules by Unforth (Not Rated, 2k, Meta, Fanwork Research & Reference Guides, Nonfiction, Cross-Posted on Tumblr, Podfic by dangercupcake)

A Writer's Unofficial Guide to Chinese Naming by FireflyPie (G, 2k, Fanwork Research & Reference Guides, Chinese Language, no knowledge of the MXTX novels strictly required)

List of Differences Between Modao Zushi and CQL/The Untamed by Unforth (Not Rated, 3k, Meta, Fanwork Research & Reference Guides, Nonfiction, Cross-Posted on Tumblr)

The Untamed / MDZS, resources link post, stuff I needed as a writer by AteanaLenn (G, 1k, Meta, Metafiction, resources, linkdrop, Nonfiction, Fanwork Research & Reference Guides)

Chinese naming basics for fanfiction writers by miqqumi (Not Rated, 937, Meta, Fanwork Research & Reference Guides)

MDZS Timeline by thewickling (Diviana) (G, 22k, Fanwork Research & Reference Guides, Meta, Nonfiction, Módào Zǔshī History)

Grandmaster of Demonic Timeline by chrisemrys (G, 2k, timeline, Fanwork Research & Reference Guides)

MDZS Audio Drama Episode Guide by pumpkinpaix (Not Rated, 5k, Fanwork Research & Reference Guides)

Mo Dao Zu Shi Writer Reference: Novel Chapter Summaries by threerings (Not Rated, 2k, Fanwork Research & Reference Guides, Podfic by dangercupcake)

Reference for Modao Zushi Writers: Chinese terms by chaoticjoy (G, 3k, WIP, Meta, Fanwork Research & Reference Guides)

MDZS History Context for Dummies by enbysaurus_rex (Not Rated, 14k, WIP, Meta, Analysis, Historical Accuracy, Historical Metaphors)

Ghostbusting Economics: The Great Cultivator Labor Shortage by GhostySword (G, 3k, Meta, Economics, Worldbuilding, Crack, Though honestly it's not that wild and pretty well supported by the text)

RL Cultivation 101 by Gina3 (T, 2k, Meta, cultivation, Taoism)

Fanwork Research & Reference Guides tag on AO3

WangXiantics: The (unofficial) Untamed Episode Guide by Trensu (T, 116k) although it’s a reaction work, it also serves as a list of episode summaries highlighting key moments.

dyingstar14's (unofficial) guide to writing ancient china by dyingstar14 (Not Rated, 6k, WIP, Ancient China, Ancient History, non-fiction, information, Units of Time, Hair, Units of Distance, Education)

meta and translation masterpost by @songfeng-shuiyue

The Reading of Sorrow (and other works) by Tavina (T, 10k, WIP, Meta, Worldbuilding, Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368 CE), Essays, Research, Historical References, Historical Accuracy, Chinese Mythology & Folklore, Yuan Dynasty Paintings and Painters, Future Fic, Appendixes, Music) historical research underlying the fic but I'm not in charge of sorrow (so please don't ask me when) with abundant book recs.

Who Knew the Truth About the Wen Remnants? by Karmiya (T, 8k, Meta, Essay)

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Google Docs

transcripts and translations for the entirety of The Untamed (Spreadsheets)

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Maps of MDZS

Tumblr post by mondengel

Twitter thread by @/wangxianling

Twitter thread by @/bosbiee

Tumblr post by lalunaticscribe

Stunted, Starving Juvenility - Addendum by TomatenMark

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