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chivalin · 6 years

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Fic Writer Tag Meme

Wasn’t tagged by anyone but this piqued my interest when I saw @gerdavonrinnlingen do it and since this was short enough, I thought why not :D (edit: wow, this turned into a small sob story in the end lol)

Tagging (if you have already been tagged, sorry! I don’t pay attention to stuff lol): @lordviridis, @sassheliosazuras, @fer8girl, @kunoichi-ume, @chocolatefortheneurotic, @nerf-burger, @cinlat

What is your total word count on AO3?

109 062 words (75 fics). I started writing them around the end of last year’s October, so not bad at all if I do say so myself lmao (especially since this is missing all the domestic fluff prompts that would add like 10k).

How often do you write?

Is just “often” an acceptable answer? I don’t really have a schedule but if I don’t do any writing for a week, something is seriously wrong lol. If I really get the writing juices going on, I can easily clock a few thousand words a day, though it usually tends to fluctuate a lot depending on what I’m working on.

Do you have a routine for writing?

I have water and music (usually variations of rock) ready and then I just start writing (if I’m editing, there’s no music since it tends to distract me). With fics I usually just write them on one sitting since they’re so short but with anything longer, I tend to write for 25 minutes non-stop and then do a 5-10 min break. Very effective, especially if I’m aiming to write 6-10k in a single day.

What are your favourite kinks/tropes/pairing?

Kinks:

dom/sub & femdom: I practically live and breathe this stuff lmao. The dynamics of having someone be in control and someone else submitting is absolutely thrilling.

Tropes:

alpha/omega: I think this could be compared to junk food. It’s absolutely sinful and so good but having too much of it becomes overwhelming which is why I haven’t written it that much. I absolutely love its dynamics though (that are, surprise surprise, similar to the above).

Pairing:

Natjana/Quinn: Femdom for the win lmao. But more seriously, even though I love the dynamics, I also love the chemistry so much. They’re the couple who will always love and cherish each other, no matter what happens.

Inibri/Harkun: This has some similarities with above (like the dom/sub aspect duh) but it’s definitely darker. Neither of these characters could really be considered nice or even likable but here they are, together and completely wrecking me.

Do you have a favourite fic of yours?

Nothing specific pops into mind at the moment, though I have a special soft spot for all the smut I have written ;).

Your fic with the most kudos?

The Hux/Reader smut, To Have A Little Fun, though considering that fandom is quite a bit larger than swtor, it’s not a surprise lol. If I leave that out, then it’s Showing His Desire For You (smutty Marr/Reader).

…I’m not sure if the universe is trying to tell me that I’m good with smut or if people are just thirsty as fuck for it lmao.

Anything you don’t like about your writing?

Eeeh, I’m mostly happy with my writing. Sometimes I wished I had the patience to edit some pieces more but at the end of the day, I’m just happy to move onto the next one. Oh, I also sometimes hope that I would write longer fics but then I remember that’s not worth the effort lol (kudos to those who write longer fics though, I respect the shit out of you).

Now something you do like?

I enjoy my smut a lot, even though I never imagined I would consider myself a smut writer some day when I started writing. But here I am now, so goddamn proud to make yall hot and bothered lmao.

I also like the style I’m writing in and how much I have improved. English is not my first language and I used to be not comfortable in writing anything longer with it, but now my opinion has changed. Yeah, I still make mistakes, especially since my editing is usually quick when it comes to fics, but I’m glad to say that I’m actually confident in my writing now.

Saying that makes me strangely emotional because fucking hell. I have loved writing all my life but now I have actual, proper confidence in it with knowledge to back me up too. I fucking love my writing. I love the fact that I can form words into interesting sentences and make scenes and characters feel alive.

…I also love myself for having the patience to stick with writing through all these years. I’m so grateful to writing too because it has kept me alive and always made me feel better no matter how horrible I have felt. I love that it has allowed me to meet and get to know utterly wonderful and absolutely amazing people.

Wow. I’m crying now, even though I just meant to do an interesting little fic writer meme. I would apologize for rambling but I’m not going to because writing is very fucking important to me, if you haven’t happened to notice, haha.

#I feel like I should have a tag for whenever I lose it over writing lmao #long post #lordviridis #sassheliosazuras #fer8girl #kunoichi-ume #chocolatefortheneurotic #nerf-burger #cinlat #chivrambles

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handgunz · 7 years

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I really like to write but no matter how hard I try I feel like I never get as much attention as other fic writers on AO3. Do you have any tips to boost attention for fanfiction you write in the HxH fandom?

this is gonna be a mini-analysis on the reading and uploading patterns of the AO3 hunter x hunter tag just because i’ve built up a lot of notes that i might as well share lmao

here are posting patterns i’ve noticed:

despite what people think, friday and saturday (as well as sunday mornings) aren’t the best time to upload fanfic. it’s the time when everyone is posting shit at once so the first page gets clogged. my hits for a fic i’ve posted are always cut in half from the average if i upload on friday or saturday because the fic gets pushed back to page two within 24 hours.

imo sunday nights (5pm-6pm PST) are the best time to upload because when things slow down on monday and tuesday, your fic will remain on the front page for two extra days instead of being pushed back to the second page in 24 hours.

ideally 3 pm PST on any day is good to post/upload because east asian countries are waking up at that time, europeans are about to head to sleep, and US people are definitely awake.

noon PST is generally a safe time because people may or may not read fanfic during 12pm-3pm in the US

here are the statistics patterns i’ve noticed:

multi-chapter fics typically get less hits upon the premiere than one-shots. this is because most people will brush it off and wait until it reaches the 3-4 chapters mark to click on it and begin to read.

if a multi-chapter fic is really good it will have an approximate 100:1000 kudos:hits ratio. that means for every 1000 hits it will have 100 kudos, or for every 100 hits it will have 10 kudos. i have noticed this without fail (unless the fic gets extremely popular, for example @decembercamiecherries has a fic called “words that water flowers” that’s built up around 14k hits and 1k kudos. typically 1k kudos be aligned with 10k hits. however, there comes a point where the kudos begin to halt in comparison to the hits because a person can reread a fic again and again (adding to the hits) but a guest/account can only award kudos once.

however, the prior is not true when it comes to one-shots. this is because although upon first read someone might not leave kudos, if they keep updated with new chapters being uploaded then they will have more chances to go “oh wow i forgot to leave a kudos, i better do it now!” this cannot happen with one-shots. once a one-shot is posted, it will not have another opportunity to end up on the first page unless you change the posting date (which is cheating btw, you shouldn’t do that)

the “Gon Freecs/Killua Zoldyck” tag on AO3 is the most popular pairing for HxH. i have noticed that any killugon one-shot that i post to AO3 (no extra uploads, no chapter updates, just posted once and it’s finished) will automatically get 300+ hits within the first few days (if i post it on a sunday night or a weekday so it stays on the front page for a while). anything besides killugon will not get as many hits so if you don’t write killugon, try not to compare your statistics on your fics to killugon ones. killugon fics are naturally more popular because it’s the most popular pairing.

ficlet collections (if you post several drabbles from tumblr) will typically get significantly less hits than regular one-shots or multi-chapter fics. you will have to update these collections several times to garner more attention.

clean summaries will attract more hits. adding things like “oh this is the first thing i’ve ever written” or posting your update schedule or other author’s tidbit things will clutter the summary and less people will click on the fic. keep things like that in the author’s notes unless it’s incredibly crucial information.

if you add “comments/kudos are appreciated” or something along those lines in the notes, your chances of getting comments/kudos increase. this is because people forget. there have been so many times where i’ve read such an amazing fic and i just close the tab before i leave a comment or a kudos. if you remind the reader like “yo your support is appreciated my dude” then they are more likely to tell you what they think of your work. however, i suggest putting the notes for something like this at the very end of the fic so it’s the last thing they read.

smut automatically gets a disaster amount of kudos when it comes to the 100:1000 kudos:hits ratio. smut always gets a higher amount of hits but a lower amount of kudos. i’m not sure why significantly less people kudos smut in comparison to regular fics but it happens.

don’t be afraid of negative feedback! i have never once seen a negative comment in the hxh fandom so it seems like people keep things civil and instead of commenting about how much they dislike your writing or whatever, they keep it to themselves. the only time you might get negative feedback in this fandom is if you write really controversial shit (like things with the rape/non-con or underage warnings) or if you ask for critique.

tl;dr: getting attention on your fic is almost always based on statistics. if you want to boost fic popularity because you don’t have a large following, you’ll have to be patient. try to advertise on tumblr about it, make graphics or art for it, etc.

good luck!

#hxh #hunter x hunter #i hope this helps #i'm gonna tag this as ''zeal writes''#because people in my writing tag might want to see this kind of thing #zeal writes #anonymous #asks

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