Trying to brainstorm what fan fic would generate the most readers!

Edit: Sorry i didn't make this clear, i'm writing a fan fic for a class project and was leaning towards doing smut since i engage with that most but the assignment is to garner the most attention. Sorry for the confusion.

One of my series features them pretty heavily, and I often worry that they're not as well written as I want them to be. Thank you all for your comments and support. I appreciate it a lot. If you would like to read what I have and weigh in on my OC's, you can find it here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/36269212/chapters/90414724

Hello r/TwilightFanfic. I don’t normally use Reddit but I decided to make this acc to hopefully get some more traction on what started out as a joke to parody twilight turned serious yet still meta commentary filled passion project. It’s not perfect but it’s been heck of a fun write so far.

I’m gonna call this series The Moonwake Chronicles and I’ve already finished part 1: Twilight: Moonwake (around 75000 words) with Bella being paired with a merfolk with my own Twilight-ified spin on the formula. Currently I’m working on the second story with plans for a third and maybe a few spinoffs.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/81010291/chapters/212856786

https://archiveofourown.org/series/5843076

Hope some fans out there might get a kick out of this, coming from somebody whom is largely not a fan of the series but has grown an ironic soft spot for it.

I'm trying to think of common fan fic writer lingo/slang. Any ideas welcome, thank you in advance!

This is what i have so far:

• AU (Alternate Universe)
• Canon
• Fandom / Multi-fandom
• OOC (Out of Character)
• OTP (One True Pairing)
• Dead Dove
• Y/N

i literally posted my first ever fic a few days ago and some oddly loud part of my brain keeps telling me its gonna get a million hits/views in a day or some insane thing like that...mind you its a unpopular ship in a fandom that honestly hates(hate is the wrong descriptor but its strict over there which i totally understand bc the fandom doesnt have a good track record generally with most ships) any ship that isn't popular. i literally know all of this but whatever delusional part of me thats telling me otherwise needs to quiet down. i need a real reality check bc its getting out of hand.

how to not be a delusional writer 101?

You!!!! Okay now this one is a good of goodest ones...listen dont judge too hard....but like judge a little but hear me out....

What are your thoughts on this...

You read a fan fic right!!!

Its soo good....

Would you want to have an oppertunity to to join a space with the author that was created to dig deep within the depths of the fanfic, the story the charactors the theories the possibilities a place to contact the author about aspects of the story or the series as a whole????

Content Warning: Angst, Existential Crisis, Hurt/No Comfort.

I am a Chinese fanfic writer. English is not my first language, so I am using a translator. I have a full story called "Demon Syndrome" (鬼症).

I want to share an idea and see what you guys think.

The protagonist, Kagamizaki Akira, is a swordsman completely devoid of emotion. No past. No self. Just a hollow vessel. He doesn't fight for himself. He parasitizes Kochou Shinobu's hatred. He is nothing more than the blade she wields. If she ever stops hating, or if she dies, he will be left with absolutely nothing.

The conflict: Shinobu is walking to her death against Upper Moon Two. Akira knows he can't save her. He stands at the door, refusing to turn back, refusing to leave. He can't even unlock his Demon Slayer Mark or Red Blade, because he has nothing of his own to burn.

I also have a scene where Tamayo confronts Akira, using the same harsh "I believe in you" approach that Yoriichi once used on her 400 years ago, forcing him to face his own dead end.

Do you think a character like this fits the Demon Slayer universe? Is a character with no self truly alive?

I am looking for someone who truly understands this kind of dark, psychological narrative. If you are a writer yourself and want to discuss, please comment or DM me. I am open to co-writing or deep analysis.

One letter, secrets, and one girl who wasnt supposed to know.....

Meet Isla Brooks, shes sharp witted, rebellious, fierce , determined and has an edgy style and curious mind but her whole existence is surrounded by secrets and what no one is telling her, question is....who will tell her first??? Hogwarts castle or those around her...

Read here: on wattspad and fanfiction.net

A/N: you may find yourself on an emotional roller-coaster, you may shed a tear, say wtf, and feel things , I would apologize but what is the fun in that 😊

Not you.....or me so we stand level right now 🤷‍♀️👀

Can I get some feedback right quick

Shes in year 1 right for the first book (almost finished) should I speed it up and only make it a 4 year adventure Or have a YOLO full send moment and do 7 year im weighing my options I feel like by finishing the first book I should decide the longevity of this chaos 👌

7 year= lets play this out and keep messing with your feeling a whole lot longer

4 years= lets speed this church bus up already and grow up and still play with your feeling just not so aggressively

Just give it to me raw, but like keep the troll under the bridge behavior for somewhere else....respectfully

I would think to give logical and critical feedback you would need to go read something....but maybe dont..😬

Guess what... I gotta a question for you 🤷‍♀️

When reading a fan fic do you mind smut??

Or

Do you want almost innocent romance where you are getting pieces and bit just put the pieces together yourself???

As a writer what helps you decide when to cross over to a more smut from the reader puts the pieces together kinda romance

Hey there, I got a few hobbit stories going on both FF.net and Ao3 (Ao3 are the same ones on FF except with NSFW chapters)

I was wondering if I put. A link for it here, if people would be interested in it and giving some feedback?

I don't get much feedback on either, mainly scammers, which are so infuriating.

Let me know if you're interested and I'll post a link to my profile on both sites xx

I'm trying to participate in Kinktober, but it's run me straight into a massive roadblock. I've received very little engagement so far compared to other authors in my fandom who are writing for the same pairings - two comments, 11 kudos. I don't pay attention to hits since they are only a metric of how many people clicked on a work, not how many actually read it and enjoyed it. They could have opened it and immediately noped out.

Same goes for the rest of my works. Very little to no engagement. I've gotten myself so focused on trying to figure out why this has been happening that I'm not enjoying writing anymore. It feels like a chore and there's this constant voice in the back of my head telling me that it doesn't matter how much time and effort I put into my work, it'll never be truly liked.

This isn't a tiny fandom (4k+ works), so that isn't the issue. Maybe it's dying (been a year since we even got a sign of life from the creators) and people are starting to lose interest, I don't know. Either way, I just don't feel that same drive to write and put myself out there anymore. I write for myself, yeah, but if I'm sharing something, it hurts like hell to not get a response. Nobody likes pissing in the wind, you know?

So yeah, probably a good time to just stop writing altogether. Maybe even stop reading considering I always compare myself to everyone else anyway.

Hola comunidad. Es mi primera vez aca jeje.

Desde hace 15/18 años comencé a escribir fanfics....en ese momento me gustaba mucho el anime y el comic japonés...anime que me gustaba, me obligaba a escribir un fanfic poniéndome a mi como nuevo protagonista jejejeje.

Lo deje por muchos años, hasta hace pocos años en dónde volví pero ahora con historias basadas en Canción de hielo y Fuego, o Game of Thrones.

Dado la temática medieval de GOT, en mi mente siempre creo las escenas de grandes batallas de ejércitos, duelos con espadas o batallas Navales o dragones. En mi mente se ven muy bien...pero cuando tomo lápiz y papel, se me dificulta mucho escribir.

Pero con el romance no tanto.

De hecho hace una semana terminé un capítulo de un baile entre un OC y Sansa Stark, Sansa es mi personaje favorito, que me gustó mucho y creo que fue fácil de escribir. Me senté frente a la PC....y comencé a escribir y las ideas y palabras venían a mi.

Pero realmente quiero escribir una buena batalla, hasta ahora digo que ocurrieron o uso frases como "choque de espadas" "el caos era..."

I didn't write it but I really liked it it, reminded me of Piranesi by Susanna Clarke, its doesn't exactly use characters from the books though, it's just the setting is the Harry Potter Wizarding World, it's a cosmic horror kind of thing.

Okay, I need to share this with people who will probably understand how excited I am hahaha.

A girl made a piece of fanart of Emma, the main character of my Lord of the Rings fanfic. And just when I was still trying to process the fact that someone had actually drawn a character who came out of my head... SHE MADE ANOTHER ONE! 😭

I don't know, maybe I'm overreacting, but this makes me so incredibly happy.

I think we all know that writing OCs comes with its own challenges. There are certain stereotypes (like every OC being a "Mary Sue" or a self-insert, or not really feeling like they belong in the universe...).

So this is such a strange and wonderful feeling. 😭

Anyway, I wanted to share these drawings because I think they're absolutely beautiful, and because I'm way too happy to keep this to myself hahaha.

All credit goes to @consumerorstars ❤️

Thank you for giving my Emma a face!

You know that amazing feeling when a big author in your fandom notices you? It just happened to me!

I just recognized a comment on my new fic as belonging to the same author who wrote a huge collection of one-shots that I loved! I feel so honored to be acknowledged by a big writer in my fandom! 😁😁😁

Okay okay good got that out of the way

Here goes.... how many platforms are you putting your story and how in the world do you keep up.. id say I was asking for a friend but no im not im asking for myself 🤣

I have 2 places one place has more chapter posted and the other doesnt because I find it frustrating the amount of time its taking me to post on the platform 🤣 because it wants to be difficult so I get to the point of ehh ill do it another time 🤣

Ah, the sweet dopamine. Time to take this energy and go write some more lol

Feel free to brag about your writing achievements in the comments 🤘

Also, we have surpassed r/FanfictionExchange.

[Enjoy the emotionally-charged chapter everyone! >:3](https://archiveofourown.org/works/44933530/chapters/253007451)