r/FanfictionExchange • u/Profession-Automatic • 17h ago

Celebrate Six Hits, One Kudo And No Regrets

62 Upvotes

Three weeks after creating the AO3 tag for my new fandom, the inaugural fic is sitting proudly at six hits and one kudo. I’ll take it. ☺️

Write it and they will come. Very, very slowly. 😂

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r/FanfictionExchange • u/AmawynOakleaf • 8h ago

Fic General Poll out of curiosity: genres you like to read vs. write?

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I read an interesting insight a while ago, that some authors enjoy reading and writing within the same genre/mood/type of story, while others prefer to read things that are vastly different from what they write. How about you? Do you gravitate toward the same genre as a reader vs. as a writer, or no? Or maybe it varies from day to day?

95 votes, 4d left

Similar genres

Different genres

It often varies

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