#is this self promo bc i'm writing more of this au? yes

[anitalianfrie]

sento il cuore a mille (girl!bezzetti au)

italiano

vestiti da uomo

ossa da uccellino

quelle robe lì

toccati le palle

english

vestiti da uomo

ossa da uccellino

quelle robe lì

toccati le palle

[bonesandthebees]

hello sire, i am just a low peasant fanfic writer asking your advice for how to spread your fanfiction around 🐺🐺🐺🐺

I'm gonna be 100% honest a lot of it is just plain luck. like, yes there are things you can do like trying to keep a regular update schedule so your fic frequently appears in the recently update tab and self-promoing where you can on other platforms, but the way my fics blew up really had nothing to do with me.

when I was still in the early days of posting clinic and it was relatively unknown, someone made a tiktok reccing the fic. this was when clinic only had like 5 chapters posted or something. the tiktok went viral a bit on mcyttiktok so I got a pretty solid sized boost from that. from there, I made an effort to keep updating the fic regularly to keep the momentum going, and it worked. the fic kept growing. other things that continued to boost it was just community content I had nothing to do with. a lot of people started cosplaying clinic characters on tiktok again, which further boosted it. once I finished the fic I thought the growth was mostly over, but only about a month after I finished it several big mcyttwt accounts started talking about siren specifically, which led to the entirety of sirentwt which is really what catapaulted clinic so high up. again, I had nothing to do with that stuff happening. it was entirely luck.

after clinic ended, I wanted to keep riding the momentum I got from having such a huge fic so I decided on world forgetting as my next big fic specifically bc I knew it would keep a lot of clinic readers on my stuff. it was a similar concept and world but with a darker tone, and I knew that if I had two fics get relatively big in the mcyt fandom space I'd be a pretty established author at that point. so that was a bit of strategy on my end, but again, the biggest boosts didn't come from me. it was just a combination of timing with how active the dsmp fandom was at that time, the concept I had which was an unique spin on the most popular au at the time (while tommy being a civilian healer wasn't unheard of, it didn't become a fandom staple trope until after clinic blew up).

really your best bet for getting your fics to spread is to try and have regular updates and unique spins on popular concepts, but more than anything it's just luck. so don't stress too much about the amount of interaction your fics get and focus on enjoying the writing process yourself. you'll make the best content if you're having fun with it, and that alone will draw readers to your work!

[apatheticlexicographer]

BYLER FIC REC WEEK DAY 7: FREE DAY / SELF PROMO recs

When It’s Over by ikrannn

mike-centric; plot. this AU has so many layers that i don’t really know how to summarize them. it’s an aged-up S1 AU, but also an AU where mike lived in minnesota and didn’t meet the party until recently, but also an AU where mike went missing for a year, but also a werewolf mike AU, but ALSO AN IT CROSSOVER AU. it sounds insane and it is, but somehow it works??? anyway, u may or may not know that i am a little hashtag consumed with the need for more werewolf fics in this fandom so it’s not rlly a surprise i latched onto this one. multichapter, hasn’t updated in a while but not officially discontinued, u know the drill

Who's a Good Boy? by whisperingcorn

will-centric; some plot. now okay. this one isn't legally a byler fic, which is why i didn't rec it previously, but it's very good and it deserves it and in my defense the author said they're byler-favourable but aren't writing romance abt 12yos. mkay??? mkay. yeah so will spends almost a year in the upside down and raises his vomit slug children as his own pack hivemind of demodogs. good??? good. he's so feral i Lobe Him. multichapter, might be complete might continue

and for self promo... well i only have 2 published byler fics so far 💀💀 the WIP stack doesn't count

moth to a flame (or a lightbulb) by ApatheticLexicographer

mike-centric; some plot. post-s4 mike gets vecnaed fic except i ignore all the canon precedents set for how the vecnafication process works so that i can better psychologically torture my blorbo. featuring copious amounts of self loathing and the mortifying ordeal of being known... by yourself. also yes, the structure is inspired by a christmas carol. (a few ppl recced this this week and i am fuckin deased over that btw) oneshot, complete tho i may one day add a prequel and/or sequel

root rot by ApatheticLexicographer

will-centric; plot. MY HANAHAKI FIC!!! MY MALNOURISHED BUT BELOVED HANAHAKI FIC!!! I UPDATED IT!!! plot rewrite fic where will first experiences hanahaki at the snow ball, and it only goes downhill from there. if u like greek mythology (that tragic morbid shit particularly like orpheus & eurydice or hades & persephone) then congrats bc i'm gonna plagiarize the vibes and symbolism but not the narratives. it's a bit bloody and it's only gonna get bloodier bc i love me some tragic aesthetic gore, so mind if ur squeamish. multichapter, ongoing (for realsies like i pinkie promise-)

[miss-oranje-disco-dancer]

For the writers ask game I'd like to ask about these fruits I'm curious :3

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🍎 Is there anything you straight-up won’t write?

yes! i have a whole list of this in my commissions post (shameless self promo), but i'm severely emetophobic so anything about vomit i usually can't even read even writing the word is difficult for me (sounds weird to be that freaked out by it but i am)

🍑 If you could make a connection between your favorite character and another work you care about (whether a crossover/fusion or a wonderfully “pretentious” literary reference) what would it be? How would it work?

okay i obv made some odyssey references in my last fic, but one thing that i'm sure everyone who's played these games has thought about is the idea of connor (detroit become human) and norman (heavy rain) meeting (since norman was apparently part of the inspiration for connor). ik i've never written dbh lol and i've only ever written heavy rain once (despite it being one of my favorite games ngl)

🍊 Who’s a character you don’t write for that often, but keep meaning to write for more? (They’re so interesting! But maybe you have trouble pinning them down, or keep getting distracted by another blorbo…)

obviously, klaasje. have tried 1000 times and she's so difficult to write (if you've played disco elysium you'll know why but i feel like it's spoiler-y to say anything). also, jill - love that woman and want to write more jill/ashley

🍋 What’s your favorite spicier trope to write?

.... ddlg (maybe idk.. i also had way too much fun writing that cop roleplay lol)

🍍 What kind of AUs do you like? Are there any AUs you hate or just generally have beef with?

i tend not to like AUs bc i'm someone who likes fics that are intertwined with the source material as much as possible (that's what makes this fanfic and not a completely separate story, right? like, if we wrote "no zombies" AU then the characters would be fundamentally different as people let alone the canon world). the only one that i might be into is "so-and-so lives"