#ao3 memes

[heme3nc]

you ever watch something and just think... "god i cannot wait to get on ao3 after this"

[bibkkamui]

me with darkness until dawn

subscribing to a fic isn’t enough I need the author to blast a bat signal into the night sky whenever they update

[mitytheclown]

And we thank the fanfiction god 🛐

[marsplastic13]

My characters are so happy right now :) Should I... ruin... everything?

[writer-fennec]

When you are in a writing block and then everything comes together to write a lot in one day>>>>>

[author-ize]

[bethegustomyshawn]

i laughed at this for way too long given my age

[niceminipotato]

I feel like this is the rudest message in the world. I don’t care, I will leave more dammit.

[minyicho]

starting a collection of my favourite AO3 author’s notes

honourable mentions

[abbielauren2024]

Reblog if you’re grateful for your commenters <3

[melliemikey]

AND AND IT HAS 10K+ WORDS AND IS STILL BEING UPDATED?!?

[themightyhumanbroom]

My average writing experience:

"Alright I think I'm almost done actually-"

*Google doc grows second health bar and a choir starts singing in latin*

[bluejay757]

[comatoseauthor]

This is not being reposted in shame, just me merely admitting to the fact that I am a weak, weak person who tried to read a 800-pages YA novel in one night and proceeded to read the most horrendously long TMA fic the moment I finished.

It can be both, it is both, that does not make it any more healthy.

I physically can't read any book but I can gulp down a 500k ao3 ff in a day ( I literally gave my math exams after only reading ao3 fanfics the night before 😔🥀)

[bobaheadshark]

when you find a fanfic writer whose work just sings to you… i would read anything you write…. i would wade into a tag no matter how deranged… i would travel to the ends of the earth for you if only to soothe your little oyster shell just so you would be comfortable enough to make another pearl whenever you felt like it … i would love you tenderly and support you as you carefully place every grain of sand onto your little castle, regardless of how long it takes, if only to enjoy your words just a little longer

[glitchedoutpxie]

How to use Em Dash (—) and Semi Colon ( ; )

Since the ai accusations are still being thrown around, here's how i personally like to use these GASP ai telltales. 🦄✨

Em Dashes (—)

To emphasize a shift / action / thought.

They're accusing us—actually accusing us—of using AI.

To add drama.

They dismissed our skills as AI—didn't even think twice, the dimwits—and believed they were onto something.

To insert a sudden thought. Surely they wouldn't do that to us—would they?

To interrupt someone's speech. "Hey, please don't say that. I honed my craft through years of blood and tears—" "Shut up, prompter."

To interrupt someone's thoughts / insert a sudden event.

We're going to get those kudos. We're going to get those reblogs—

A chronically online Steve commented, “it sounds like ai, idk.”

Semi Colons ( ; )

To join two closely related independent sentences / connect ideas.

Not only ChatGPT is capable of correct punctuation; who do you think it learned from in the first place?

Ultimate pro tip: use them whenever the fuck you want. You don't owe anyone your creative process. 🌈