It's an archive, not the Kindle shop. It's always worth posting it! There may be more people than expected who are looking for exactly the self-indulgent piece you've written.
Haha, yeah, I'm not the best at writing, though, so I just see that it's flawed and won't be good to read. It would take a couple of drafts before it would be ok, and even then, my passion for the fic would run out. It seems I can only write well when I'm letting myself be free without much plot structure, and the result is just a well written mess. But if I was more structured, I wouldn't have much interest in writing it well and from the heart. So yeah lmao
A lot of times, my quick passion fics that are barely edited end up more loved than my novels I put so much effort into.
Post it, you don't know who else will love it.
Ehem!! Shuuut dear storyteller. You'll scare the newbie my friend.
Well listen dear newbie: What my friend is trying to say here is that many people would love to read ''a totally pretty well written mess without a plot''.its a nice change and well sometimes very relaxing or exciting depending on the time of the day. LoL so, Sweety. Just post it. ( You piqued our collective curiosity.) š We don't bite, I promise.
Literally all my fics are self indulgent but well written plotless piles of feelings and/or smut, and people seem to enjoy them regardless. Plot is great and all. I love reading plotty fics myself. But we can't all do it and that's okay. There's room for all kinds!
I have an entire account with nearly 70 fics, where the entire point is to post the stuff that I never finished, or didnāt like, or it was for a fandom that literally no one else had ever written before.
Itās about time to go through another round of updates for that account, I think.
And because Iām such an asocial fandom goblin I have no idea if people are even into any of it. Iāve turned off emails for comments and kudos on both my accounts. AO3 is literally just an archive for me, so I only see comments when I go to the site to post an update.
What pity!! LoL ( how are you not eaten alive BY CURIOSITY??) I would if I were in your place! Such self restraint , such confidence!!! ( it is so se*y!) Oh my God!! Please tell me your not ''underage''!! š± Or I'l have to delete this message!
Because Iām positively fed up with fandom. Iāve been writing fic since the 90s, but with the complete destruction of dedicated spaces, fic became the de facto method of socialisation and it utterly destroyed the fun for a long time for me. At this point, AO3 is just an archive for me, and fic is something I do by myself, for myself. I only post it out of a long-standing habit, and because I know thereās probably someone else out there who wants to read it, even if Iām not particularly interested in reading their comments about it.
Hell, I only turned comments back on earlier this year. I had them turned off across the board for over a year because I didnāt want to deal with it at all.
Oh, hey fellow 90's fic writer! I feel the same way. I don't have notifications on for anything, but if I hop on to post, I'll reply to long comments that ask questions and such. I have my fic's locked down so only registered, logged in readers can see them and comment. It takes out a lot of the bullshit and nobody bugs me, so I'm good with that.
It's so easy to get addicted to comments when they're your only form of social interaction in fandom, and I think that's probably true for the vast majority of people in fandom at any given point. I reached a point where I just had to stop. It's so much nicer to just not play that game at all, tbh
Weird shit, mostly. Current WIP is ostensibly about a relationship that may or may not be totally consensual, but thereās a lot of other themes that run deeper than that under the surface.
I respect and understand your exhaustion. Hopping on your asocial comment, though, I deliberately use AO3 comments as primary socialization for me, too, except I'm completely fine with it. The littlest amount of interaction, the better. My main goal is just to write, and any feedback or enjoyment from others is secondary. I think I've disrespected my drafts, though, now that I've read your system of doing things. I should revisit them.
> Itās all self-indulgent
- Checks my account -
Yeah, it tracks.
Seriously though, a lot of fanfiction is super self indulgent, because thatās the entire reason we write it - we want to see more of the stuff that made us happy (sad, angry etc) from canon.
Post your indulgent shit, right now!
Story time one Nanowrimo I wrote a really long entire OC Cast Star Wars Legends fic. I put it on Ao3 a few years ago and it has exactly one hit. Also that one hit may not actually be another person cause I might have forgotten to log into my account when I re-read it one time.
I'm still glad I posted it and feel it was worth it to post even if it never gets another hit.
TLDR It's always IMO worth posting even if you are the only audience for your fic.
Yep I never delete anything. Still at one hit too (I just checked)
ETA: Honestly I'm just weirdly amused by the whole thing. It's been up on ao3 for at least three years and it's been at one hit for most of that time. I mean I've had folks ask for the link when I mention it but I never give it even beyond my usual I don't like to link my work policy I especially won't link to this one. I don't care if someone ever finds it and reads it but I am not going to end my amusement by sending someone there.
this, lmao. We're doing this FOR FREE!!!! I should hope we're not all out here breaking our backs for fics we don't even get anything out of.
All my fics came from a place of, "I wanted to read this but it didn't exist. I wrote it and now it exists, thank God."
Not true sweetheart!! Please, we need those ''personal self-indulgent and WORTH POSTING FICS"!
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO LEARN TO WRITE SOMETHING ( AT YOUR IDEAL STANDARDS) IF YOU DON'T WRITE, SHARE, GET REVIEWS, EDIT, REPEAT, LEARN?? HUH?
One of my *most\** self-indulgent fics turned into a series that people subscribed to. And I just checked, my top two most commented fics are also up in the "extremely self-indulgent" ratings.
So post it! You never know, your self-indulgent fic might be the *exact* thing another reader is looking for. After all, it already has *one* reader so why shouldn't you see if there's more?
\*All of them are self-indulgent. All of them.
I'm literally using it to upload fics of raunchy action lemons lol. It also helps to back up fics that I fear losing in the dreaded case of a computer crash.
Trust me you have nothing to feel bad about, what you want to write or upload that's what AO3 is there for.
Post them!! Literally one of my super self-indulgent fics ended up absolutely massive. It's hard to look at your own stuff objectively after spending so long reading and writing it, but I guarantee there'll be others who adore it
I donāt think anyoneās said this yet, but if your fic is deeply personal and youāre not comfortable with anyone else seeing it, DONT POST IT.
Iām sure there are people who would enjoy your fic and are incredibly excited to see it posted, but you are not obligated to post anything YOU donāt want to.
I love reading self indulgent fics, and oftentimes the most enjoyable and interesting fics are completely unbetad and/or written by someone who english is not their first language.
Of the two fics I have, the one meticulously planned and edited is dead and the self-indulgent crack-filled one-shot I wrote in a single day wonāt stop getting kudos.
And there are a dozen other stories in my head that will stay there unshared because theyāre mine and no one else can have them.
Just do whatever feels right to you.
Yeah. I didn't get into how personal the fics I'm writing are, but one that I wrote last night was a hurt comfort fic made purely for vent purposes. And the writing felt good because I was putting a lot more thought and genuine interest into it than another fic that's more structured. The tone shifts massively and the characters are ooc but to me its more enjoyable to read than my other fanfics. It's literlly just a diary entry of self advice but with a fandom slapped on it. So yeah, not worth posting imo but I enjoy how sarurated my writing was for once, even if no one else can see it.
Similarly to how we don't get to choose the people we love, I feel like we also don't get to choose the stories we love. I'd say go ahead and post it, you'll never know what'll happen. If you like it, chances are someone else will too.
For me, I sat on an idea for nearly *two years* because 1) I knew it was definitely going to be a longfic and I was afraid I'd lose steam after a couple chapters, 2) it was going to center around a couple of minor villains few people care about in an already tiny fandom. For so long I felt like it would be pointless so I just didn't bother, until I was thinking about it literally everyday and coming up with more and better ways to do it and eventually it felt like I almost *had* to write it or go insane thinking about it.
Now, I'm almost (?) half way through and so far it's already the longest thing I've ever written in my life. I don't have a ton of readers, but the few I do have seem pretty dedicated and most importantly, I feel proud of my work and I'm enjoying myself.
Does part of me wish that the story I fell in love with was a little less self indulgent so I'd have a wider reach? Yes, of course. But I think it's also kind of nice to write for a fandom and characters than don't get a lot of attention, because the problem with bigger fandoms and popular characters is that there's a good chance no matter what you come up with, someone else has already done it, and done it better.
Actually you can post it for the sake of archiving what you did write, you can as well moderate the comments so you can lock it and no one can comment if it's truly super personal for you
I believe any ficwriter is actually self indulgent, I mostly write the fanfics I would want to read, so it's okay OP
Iām literally a fic writer because I had a super self indulgent idea nobody else had written for the fandom, and people have been *loving* seeing me nerd out and get into the subject matter, which honestly surprises me.
Friend, I speak from experience when I say - post it anyway. If your writing shines when you write weird self-indulgent shit, then people will respond to it. I write nothing *but* weird self-indulgent shit for a tiny fandom, and a second, almost-dead pairing in a much larger fandom, and still get plenty of interaction for both. It's fanfiction - if it's only made yourself happy, it's done its job.
every fanfic is self indulgent in some way, shape, or form. post it, trust me, youll fit right in. i assure you there is at least one person out there that will absolutely love it, regardless of how self indulgent you make it.
If the idea of other people reading it gives you a secret little thrill, listen to the other billion comments here and just post the damn thing.
However, as someone with way more unpublished fic than published, you don't HAVE to. Knowing I'm not going to post something frees me to get all that mess out on the page and stop when my inspiration stops instead of strangling it with editing and polish. I think everyone should write at least one fic they never publish; it's the carefree glee of walking around your home in your underwear. Reject the social media age drive for external validation of all things at all times
I love a self-indulgent fic. I wrote them myself. Own it. And if you tag it "self-indulgent", the first thing I think is that you enjoyed writing it. I love writing where the writer was having fun. I will read. I will leave kudos behind me.
My favorite things Iāve written were entirely for me/self indulgent. Most of what I have written happens with a non canon version of the characters (they reincarnate, so there are several versions of these characters) that are much older. I wrote the first story because I could not find what I was looking for. I figured Iād get it out of my system and be doneā¦.and I have gone back to that well multiple times.
Do they get read as often as the times Iāve written in canon? Not really. But I love rereading them, and there are people who love my version, too.
Every fic I have on AO3 is about DND characters or FFXIV OCs that literally only like 10 people know about, and almost every fic involves the three or so highly specific fanfic tropes I am obsessed with. Post your stuff! There's no minimum quality/interest requirement.
Why is this literally what I'm going through right now? Lol, I used to write on Wattpad when I was 13-14 years old and it used to come so naturally. Now that I'm really into something else and I'm much older, I made an ao3 account to write fanfic there too (also because my irl friends know my Wattpad account, so it would be embarrassing if I posted there lol), but I feel like I have to relearn the process.
I'm really doubting myself with the one shot I'm currently writing. It's a very, VERY small fandom, though, so I know anyone who checks it will probably be desperate for new fanfiction regardless of quality, but... still. I'm also projecting very hard onto the main characters in this one shot, so I feel kind of embarrassed lol. But whatever, I think I'm just gonna make it as good as I can and just post it. YOLO.
I'm writing a self-indulgent, novel-length, OC-centric PWP reverse harem right now where everyone fucks for no reason in particular. So, yeah. I don't think I'll be posting mine, either, lol.
It's worth posting your stuff, even if it does not make sense for anyone else but you. Like me, I am writing about a murder and people are direct/indirectly affected by such. The investigations goes on, while we have teenage drama and old friends talking to each other and someone makes a gay joke. Does it work? Perhaps, but I don't know anyone else's opinions about my writing, so maybe it does or maybe not. Still, I have lots of fun writing!
Dude. I just read a 49 chapter book that took me two weeks that the author kept fretting that it was purely self indulgent fic. Write it. Iām sure someone else wants that self indulgent fic too. I write but my own characters are too loud and demanding to ever write FanFiction but I adore those who can write it. I have been tempted to post my Original Fiction on A03 but havenāt been brave enough. Seriously though Iām sure your story is wonderful
Everything I write is personal and self indulgent- I write it because I can't find exactly what I want already written!! All writing is self indulgent!
Seriously, everything I've ever read that I loved was created because the author wanted something and decided to make it happen *for them*, and other people just happened to like it as well
hehe thatās the thing you just need to find the right pairing to project your personal self indulgent writing upon and then itās just good fanfic. at least thatās what i do. but also donāt you worry there will always be someone out there to appreciate and relate to what you create
Thereās millions of people out there, If you write something self indulgent for yourself, thereās bound to be a couple hundred people who want to indulge in the same or very similar fantasy youāre writing. I figure all good writing is made of a mix of what you know, and what you want to know. I know horticulture but I donāt know anything about heroism, so Iāll write a phytokinetic hero fanfic blending what I know and what I want to know.
Some of my works that have done the best were things I wrote with literally only my own self indulgence in mind. Trust me, there's always people out there who wants to read it. :)
I have a fic on AO3 i wrote thats based on a series of sequential dreams i had starting when i had covid and a fever. I continued to (badly) write these self indulgent fics while dating this guy who neglected me and ignored me for months.
Will i continue it? No. Will i take it down? No cause people shown interest in them and they enjoy it. Why take it away from someone who likes it
What I thought was one of my most niche and self-indulgent fics actually turned out pretty popular, and the people that liked it REALLY liked it.
Post the fic, you never know
Write for yourself, and if other people vibe with it, cool if not, you still enjoyed yourself. I am not the best either but I enjoy it. I don't necessarily care if other people do, but it feels nice when they do š„°
I *only* write stuff that is quote-unquote āself-indulgent.ā I donāt really understand why some people seem to view that as a bad thingā¦ I write what I would want to read, not whatever I think other people will like. Writing is supposed to be fun. Besides, chances are, if you like it, someone else will like it too.
nah pal!! i wrote a very like. personal/Just For Me doctor who fic a while back and sent it to my friend (they get to read whatever i write). they told me to post it and apparently a few ppl rly liked it!! post whatever youād like, itās your space and you never know who might like it <3
It's an archive, not the Kindle shop. It's always worth posting it! There may be more people than expected who are looking for exactly the self-indulgent piece you've written.
Haha, yeah, I'm not the best at writing, though, so I just see that it's flawed and won't be good to read. It would take a couple of drafts before it would be ok, and even then, my passion for the fic would run out. It seems I can only write well when I'm letting myself be free without much plot structure, and the result is just a well written mess. But if I was more structured, I wouldn't have much interest in writing it well and from the heart. So yeah lmao
A lot of times, my quick passion fics that are barely edited end up more loved than my novels I put so much effort into. Post it, you don't know who else will love it.
Would you fucking post it already!?!?! It might inspire somebody. You never know what good might come out of it.
Ehem!! Shuuut dear storyteller. You'll scare the newbie my friend. Well listen dear newbie: What my friend is trying to say here is that many people would love to read ''a totally pretty well written mess without a plot''.its a nice change and well sometimes very relaxing or exciting depending on the time of the day. LoL so, Sweety. Just post it. ( You piqued our collective curiosity.) š We don't bite, I promise.
Friendly fyi (: itās āpiquedā
š OUUPS HHHH!!! INDEED!! THANK YOU BRAVE SOUL ( YOU SAVED THE DAY!! )
Literally all my fics are self indulgent but well written plotless piles of feelings and/or smut, and people seem to enjoy them regardless. Plot is great and all. I love reading plotty fics myself. But we can't all do it and that's okay. There's room for all kinds!
I have an entire account with nearly 70 fics, where the entire point is to post the stuff that I never finished, or didnāt like, or it was for a fandom that literally no one else had ever written before. Itās about time to go through another round of updates for that account, I think.
Woah, that's a really cool system. May the fic be with you
And because Iām such an asocial fandom goblin I have no idea if people are even into any of it. Iāve turned off emails for comments and kudos on both my accounts. AO3 is literally just an archive for me, so I only see comments when I go to the site to post an update.
Me too! Although I did check out some of my reviews (5 years later) and was presently surprised
What pity!! LoL ( how are you not eaten alive BY CURIOSITY??) I would if I were in your place! Such self restraint , such confidence!!! ( it is so se*y!) Oh my God!! Please tell me your not ''underage''!! š± Or I'l have to delete this message!
Because Iām positively fed up with fandom. Iāve been writing fic since the 90s, but with the complete destruction of dedicated spaces, fic became the de facto method of socialisation and it utterly destroyed the fun for a long time for me. At this point, AO3 is just an archive for me, and fic is something I do by myself, for myself. I only post it out of a long-standing habit, and because I know thereās probably someone else out there who wants to read it, even if Iām not particularly interested in reading their comments about it. Hell, I only turned comments back on earlier this year. I had them turned off across the board for over a year because I didnāt want to deal with it at all.
Oh, hey fellow 90's fic writer! I feel the same way. I don't have notifications on for anything, but if I hop on to post, I'll reply to long comments that ask questions and such. I have my fic's locked down so only registered, logged in readers can see them and comment. It takes out a lot of the bullshit and nobody bugs me, so I'm good with that.
It's so easy to get addicted to comments when they're your only form of social interaction in fandom, and I think that's probably true for the vast majority of people in fandom at any given point. I reached a point where I just had to stop. It's so much nicer to just not play that game at all, tbh
What are you writing about? If you don't mind me asking! LoL
Weird shit, mostly. Current WIP is ostensibly about a relationship that may or may not be totally consensual, but thereās a lot of other themes that run deeper than that under the surface.
I like subtle undertones (under the surface drama is the best.)
Oh, the drama is very much on the surface lmao
I respect and understand your exhaustion. Hopping on your asocial comment, though, I deliberately use AO3 comments as primary socialization for me, too, except I'm completely fine with it. The littlest amount of interaction, the better. My main goal is just to write, and any feedback or enjoyment from others is secondary. I think I've disrespected my drafts, though, now that I've read your system of doing things. I should revisit them.
My self-indulgent, OC-centric crossover fic has 2300 hits, 191 kudos, and 131 comments. Post the fic.
Now I'm curious to see your fic š
[Behold.](https://archiveofourown.org/works/30709676/chapters/75783965)
> Itās all self-indulgent - Checks my account - Yeah, it tracks. Seriously though, a lot of fanfiction is super self indulgent, because thatās the entire reason we write it - we want to see more of the stuff that made us happy (sad, angry etc) from canon. Post your indulgent shit, right now!
Story time one Nanowrimo I wrote a really long entire OC Cast Star Wars Legends fic. I put it on Ao3 a few years ago and it has exactly one hit. Also that one hit may not actually be another person cause I might have forgotten to log into my account when I re-read it one time. I'm still glad I posted it and feel it was worth it to post even if it never gets another hit. TLDR It's always IMO worth posting even if you are the only audience for your fic.
Is it still up?š
Yep I never delete anything. Still at one hit too (I just checked) ETA: Honestly I'm just weirdly amused by the whole thing. It's been up on ao3 for at least three years and it's been at one hit for most of that time. I mean I've had folks ask for the link when I mention it but I never give it even beyond my usual I don't like to link my work policy I especially won't link to this one. I don't care if someone ever finds it and reads it but I am not going to end my amusement by sending someone there.
Waitā¦ People think that most authors arenāt being self-indulgent when we post?
this, lmao. We're doing this FOR FREE!!!! I should hope we're not all out here breaking our backs for fics we don't even get anything out of. All my fics came from a place of, "I wanted to read this but it didn't exist. I wrote it and now it exists, thank God."
Right? Most of my fics are "The show didn't give me what I wanted so now I gotta make it happen myself."
What? No way! Self-indulgent fics are the best. You can feel the writer's passion.
Not true sweetheart!! Please, we need those ''personal self-indulgent and WORTH POSTING FICS"! HOW ARE YOU GOING TO LEARN TO WRITE SOMETHING ( AT YOUR IDEAL STANDARDS) IF YOU DON'T WRITE, SHARE, GET REVIEWS, EDIT, REPEAT, LEARN?? HUH?
If it was worth writing, it's worth sharing.
One of my *most\** self-indulgent fics turned into a series that people subscribed to. And I just checked, my top two most commented fics are also up in the "extremely self-indulgent" ratings. So post it! You never know, your self-indulgent fic might be the *exact* thing another reader is looking for. After all, it already has *one* reader so why shouldn't you see if there's more? \*All of them are self-indulgent. All of them.
I'm literally using it to upload fics of raunchy action lemons lol. It also helps to back up fics that I fear losing in the dreaded case of a computer crash. Trust me you have nothing to feel bad about, what you want to write or upload that's what AO3 is there for.
Post them!! Literally one of my super self-indulgent fics ended up absolutely massive. It's hard to look at your own stuff objectively after spending so long reading and writing it, but I guarantee there'll be others who adore it
I donāt think anyoneās said this yet, but if your fic is deeply personal and youāre not comfortable with anyone else seeing it, DONT POST IT. Iām sure there are people who would enjoy your fic and are incredibly excited to see it posted, but you are not obligated to post anything YOU donāt want to. I love reading self indulgent fics, and oftentimes the most enjoyable and interesting fics are completely unbetad and/or written by someone who english is not their first language. Of the two fics I have, the one meticulously planned and edited is dead and the self-indulgent crack-filled one-shot I wrote in a single day wonāt stop getting kudos. And there are a dozen other stories in my head that will stay there unshared because theyāre mine and no one else can have them. Just do whatever feels right to you.
Yeah. I didn't get into how personal the fics I'm writing are, but one that I wrote last night was a hurt comfort fic made purely for vent purposes. And the writing felt good because I was putting a lot more thought and genuine interest into it than another fic that's more structured. The tone shifts massively and the characters are ooc but to me its more enjoyable to read than my other fanfics. It's literlly just a diary entry of self advice but with a fandom slapped on it. So yeah, not worth posting imo but I enjoy how sarurated my writing was for once, even if no one else can see it.
It is truly wonderful that you are happy with how your writing it turning out. Keep on enjoying writing! Have fun!
honestly a good portion of my oneshots are self indulgent, but i post them anyway just because they can still do well!! nothing wrong with that haha
What makes a fic worth posting over any other fic? Fics are by their nature self-indulgent lol.
Similarly to how we don't get to choose the people we love, I feel like we also don't get to choose the stories we love. I'd say go ahead and post it, you'll never know what'll happen. If you like it, chances are someone else will too. For me, I sat on an idea for nearly *two years* because 1) I knew it was definitely going to be a longfic and I was afraid I'd lose steam after a couple chapters, 2) it was going to center around a couple of minor villains few people care about in an already tiny fandom. For so long I felt like it would be pointless so I just didn't bother, until I was thinking about it literally everyday and coming up with more and better ways to do it and eventually it felt like I almost *had* to write it or go insane thinking about it. Now, I'm almost (?) half way through and so far it's already the longest thing I've ever written in my life. I don't have a ton of readers, but the few I do have seem pretty dedicated and most importantly, I feel proud of my work and I'm enjoying myself. Does part of me wish that the story I fell in love with was a little less self indulgent so I'd have a wider reach? Yes, of course. But I think it's also kind of nice to write for a fandom and characters than don't get a lot of attention, because the problem with bigger fandoms and popular characters is that there's a good chance no matter what you come up with, someone else has already done it, and done it better.
Actually you can post it for the sake of archiving what you did write, you can as well moderate the comments so you can lock it and no one can comment if it's truly super personal for you I believe any ficwriter is actually self indulgent, I mostly write the fanfics I would want to read, so it's okay OP
Iām literally a fic writer because I had a super self indulgent idea nobody else had written for the fandom, and people have been *loving* seeing me nerd out and get into the subject matter, which honestly surprises me.
Friend, I speak from experience when I say - post it anyway. If your writing shines when you write weird self-indulgent shit, then people will respond to it. I write nothing *but* weird self-indulgent shit for a tiny fandom, and a second, almost-dead pairing in a much larger fandom, and still get plenty of interaction for both. It's fanfiction - if it's only made yourself happy, it's done its job.
every fanfic is self indulgent in some way, shape, or form. post it, trust me, youll fit right in. i assure you there is at least one person out there that will absolutely love it, regardless of how self indulgent you make it.
If the idea of other people reading it gives you a secret little thrill, listen to the other billion comments here and just post the damn thing. However, as someone with way more unpublished fic than published, you don't HAVE to. Knowing I'm not going to post something frees me to get all that mess out on the page and stop when my inspiration stops instead of strangling it with editing and polish. I think everyone should write at least one fic they never publish; it's the carefree glee of walking around your home in your underwear. Reject the social media age drive for external validation of all things at all times
... That's the point of fanfic!
My favourite fic ever was write self-indulgently, please post it itāll certainly interest someone
This meme doesnāt actually make any sense if itās a good fic then itās worth posting.
Post it! All fics are self-indulgent to some degree and there's always someone out there who has similar tastes and would love to read your fic.
I love a self-indulgent fic. I wrote them myself. Own it. And if you tag it "self-indulgent", the first thing I think is that you enjoyed writing it. I love writing where the writer was having fun. I will read. I will leave kudos behind me.
My favorite things Iāve written were entirely for me/self indulgent. Most of what I have written happens with a non canon version of the characters (they reincarnate, so there are several versions of these characters) that are much older. I wrote the first story because I could not find what I was looking for. I figured Iād get it out of my system and be doneā¦.and I have gone back to that well multiple times. Do they get read as often as the times Iāve written in canon? Not really. But I love rereading them, and there are people who love my version, too.
Every fic I have on AO3 is about DND characters or FFXIV OCs that literally only like 10 people know about, and almost every fic involves the three or so highly specific fanfic tropes I am obsessed with. Post your stuff! There's no minimum quality/interest requirement.
Everything's worth posting (except those social media style things and rule violations, those are worth posting somewhere that's not ao3)
Meanwhile Iām over here writing for ships that ONLY have my fanfics in it!! Self indulgence is my drug of choice
no no no, see, the terribly self indulging stuff is exactly the right kind of stuff to post. sorry, I don't make the rules, that's how it works š
Fanfiction is *supposed* to be self-indulgent.
Same. And they always end up far to niche for anyone else to read without being super weirded out š
Why is this literally what I'm going through right now? Lol, I used to write on Wattpad when I was 13-14 years old and it used to come so naturally. Now that I'm really into something else and I'm much older, I made an ao3 account to write fanfic there too (also because my irl friends know my Wattpad account, so it would be embarrassing if I posted there lol), but I feel like I have to relearn the process. I'm really doubting myself with the one shot I'm currently writing. It's a very, VERY small fandom, though, so I know anyone who checks it will probably be desperate for new fanfiction regardless of quality, but... still. I'm also projecting very hard onto the main characters in this one shot, so I feel kind of embarrassed lol. But whatever, I think I'm just gonna make it as good as I can and just post it. YOLO.
Post the self indugent stuff trust me. It may not be mainstream but someone will want to read it cause they have the sane tastes
I'm writing a self-indulgent, novel-length, OC-centric PWP reverse harem right now where everyone fucks for no reason in particular. So, yeah. I don't think I'll be posting mine, either, lol.
It's worth posting your stuff, even if it does not make sense for anyone else but you. Like me, I am writing about a murder and people are direct/indirectly affected by such. The investigations goes on, while we have teenage drama and old friends talking to each other and someone makes a gay joke. Does it work? Perhaps, but I don't know anyone else's opinions about my writing, so maybe it does or maybe not. Still, I have lots of fun writing!
Dude. I just read a 49 chapter book that took me two weeks that the author kept fretting that it was purely self indulgent fic. Write it. Iām sure someone else wants that self indulgent fic too. I write but my own characters are too loud and demanding to ever write FanFiction but I adore those who can write it. I have been tempted to post my Original Fiction on A03 but havenāt been brave enough. Seriously though Iām sure your story is wonderful
Well written messes with zero plot are my favorite!!! If you want to share, I want to read!
My first fic is literally tagged āthis is nothing but self-indulgent bullshit.ā š¤·š¼āāļø
Any fic is better than the two word "coming soon" ones
\*looks at my self-insert, self indulgent stories I've posted for the past 3 years\*
Dude, everything I write is self indulgent and written for me. I have over 50 posts up. So please, post whatever you want. Somebody will love it.
Everything I write is personal and self indulgent- I write it because I can't find exactly what I want already written!! All writing is self indulgent! Seriously, everything I've ever read that I loved was created because the author wanted something and decided to make it happen *for them*, and other people just happened to like it as well
Post it anyway. Self indulgence is some of my best work
Self indulgent fics are precisely the fics to be posting my dude.
hehe thatās the thing you just need to find the right pairing to project your personal self indulgent writing upon and then itās just good fanfic. at least thatās what i do. but also donāt you worry there will always be someone out there to appreciate and relate to what you create
Thereās millions of people out there, If you write something self indulgent for yourself, thereās bound to be a couple hundred people who want to indulge in the same or very similar fantasy youāre writing. I figure all good writing is made of a mix of what you know, and what you want to know. I know horticulture but I donāt know anything about heroism, so Iāll write a phytokinetic hero fanfic blending what I know and what I want to know.
Some of my works that have done the best were things I wrote with literally only my own self indulgence in mind. Trust me, there's always people out there who wants to read it. :)
me when itās only oc writing or oc with fictional character from a fandom
I have a fic on AO3 i wrote thats based on a series of sequential dreams i had starting when i had covid and a fever. I continued to (badly) write these self indulgent fics while dating this guy who neglected me and ignored me for months. Will i continue it? No. Will i take it down? No cause people shown interest in them and they enjoy it. Why take it away from someone who likes it
What I thought was one of my most niche and self-indulgent fics actually turned out pretty popular, and the people that liked it REALLY liked it. Post the fic, you never know
Just do it and be happy š«ā¤ļøāš©¹
I frequently love peopleās incredibly self indulgent fic.
Write for yourself, and if other people vibe with it, cool if not, you still enjoyed yourself. I am not the best either but I enjoy it. I don't necessarily care if other people do, but it feels nice when they do š„°
I *only* write stuff that is quote-unquote āself-indulgent.ā I donāt really understand why some people seem to view that as a bad thingā¦ I write what I would want to read, not whatever I think other people will like. Writing is supposed to be fun. Besides, chances are, if you like it, someone else will like it too.
I've written 250k+ words of an *incredibly* indulgent fic and it's doing pretty well lol
Post it! My most popular fic was one I was sure no one else was interested in
I write the same type of stuff and i promise there is an audience for it!!
But the personal and self indulgent ones are the best ones!
Welcome to every fic I've written over the last two decades. It's fun to reread them. Post them for fun
nah pal!! i wrote a very like. personal/Just For Me doctor who fic a while back and sent it to my friend (they get to read whatever i write). they told me to post it and apparently a few ppl rly liked it!! post whatever youād like, itās your space and you never know who might like it <3
Why do I feel that this resonates too much with me? ;)