All About Author's Notes! How to Connect With Your Fanfic Readers on AO3 (How to Write Fanfiction)

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  • Опубліковано 25 лис 2024

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  • @lavndvrrart
    @lavndvrrart Рік тому +13

    One time I wrote in my A/N that my dog died right next to some other random fact I found. I love how ao3 authors just do stuff like that and it’s so fun to write

    • @CoraMaria
      @CoraMaria  Рік тому +1

      Mate your timing is perfect because my cat gets put down tomorrow 🙃

    • @lavndvrrart
      @lavndvrrart Рік тому +2

      @@CoraMaria oh I’m so sorry, it’s always so hard. My dog got out down too but it’s better to think that they aren’t in pain anymore

    • @CoraMaria
      @CoraMaria  Рік тому

      @@lavndvrrart Sorry if my initial comment was a bit crass and sudden, btw. Keeping a hold of my emotions and online image is a bit harder rn. Thank-you for the kind words 💖

  • @mash9415
    @mash9415 5 місяців тому +6

    when i was younger and first getting into fic, one author (i don't remember who) used to always sign off in their end notes with "comments are love!", which i liked so much i've borrowed for my own usage. because it's completely right, comments ARE love.

  • @magicinthemundane9527
    @magicinthemundane9527 2 роки тому +8

    Thank you for this series so much. It’s so useful and just a pure delight. I also love learning peoples thought processes behind a story, research they’ve done and/or what inspired them.

    • @CoraMaria
      @CoraMaria  2 роки тому +3

      Yeah the process behind a creation can be so fascinating! Glad you're enjoying the content 💖

  • @pastelplayer3063
    @pastelplayer3063 2 місяці тому +1

    EXTREMELY helpful video- I've been wanting to improve my ANs and this gave me a lot of ideas for how to do it! I think my favorite way I've used ANs so far was in a poetry collection I uploaded. I wrote the poems as a monthly challenge and didn't post most of them until much later. Each AN had me discussing the poem- what the inspiration/thought process behind it was, how well I thought it was executed, and things that I would change now that I've improved as a poet. Those AN were admittedly more self indulgent than anything, but I had a blast with them and I think they added a ton to the collection.

  • @grumpcat9008
    @grumpcat9008 2 роки тому +5

    Your videos are absolutely incredible and have helped me so much. You deserve so many more subscribers.
    I’ve been writing fanfics for almost five years now and I just stared to get serious about it. Your videos are giving me the exact answers I needed to improve. I’ve never used author notes before, but I’m definitely going to start using them now❤

    • @CoraMaria
      @CoraMaria  2 роки тому +3

      Ahhh this makes me so happy~! Thanks so much for your lovely comment 💖

    • @jujuoof174
      @jujuoof174 Рік тому +1

      Totally agreed!!

  • @soulgalaxywolf1024
    @soulgalaxywolf1024 7 місяців тому +2

    I like when fanfic writers put a link of fan art for their fanfic in the an's.
    Liking fanart used to be how I exclusively interacted with fandom, but I also appreciate that readers love their fanfics 😊
    I've seen a lot of fics with links to fanart and appreciation to their readers but I read little to no fics that have "behind the scenes", "fun facts", or "research" in them. I would very much like that.
    I feel like I'll be the fic writer that includes what I found during my research, and what I couldn’t include. I have done comment prompts before on some original stories before.

  • @CoraMaria
    @CoraMaria  2 роки тому +16

    (insert ao3 authors are a different breed joke here)

    • @jujuoof174
      @jujuoof174 Рік тому +2

      Lmao, I remember when I wasn't in the community yet, one of the firet introduction I got one was of those silly jokes lmao

  • @jujuoof174
    @jujuoof174 Рік тому +2

    Watching your videos always make me excited and happy :)

    • @CoraMaria
      @CoraMaria  Рік тому +1

      Thanks again for the sweet words~! 💖

    • @jujuoof174
      @jujuoof174 Рік тому +1

      @@CoraMaria of course!! Thanks again for the sweet content and personality! You put so much effort in those and it shows! So gg!

  • @lizanna6390
    @lizanna6390 2 місяці тому

    I am adoring your hats, and content.

  • @stellagetreuer5164
    @stellagetreuer5164 Рік тому +3

    I told my readers once in the an to grab themselves a hot chocolate and something to cuddle 😂 and yeah, I’m still laughing about it (though at the time of writing it, I whole-heartedly meant it, because I could have done with some comfort while writing that mcd-scene). Does that show how messed up my writer’s brain is?

    • @CoraMaria
      @CoraMaria  Рік тому +1

      You're helping them cope! Maybe I should do that the next time I post a super angsty chapter lol. Or tell them to grab a stress ball haha

  • @jujuoof174
    @jujuoof174 Рік тому +1

    Great advice, thank you!! I'll try my best to use it! ^^

    • @CoraMaria
      @CoraMaria  Рік тому +1

      Always glad to be helpful 😁

    • @jujuoof174
      @jujuoof174 Рік тому +1

      @@CoraMaria always glad to have found your channel and support you and your content! ^^

  • @daniellemcallister4927
    @daniellemcallister4927 Рік тому +1

    I love your videos they’re so helpful

  • @sleepydoesstuff6411
    @sleepydoesstuff6411 Рік тому

    Your fic has osdd in it??? Holy shit wait I will be reading it now

    • @CoraMaria
      @CoraMaria  Рік тому

      No, it doesn't. It just has a discussion of it because I happen to stray dangerously close to the evil alter trope. I bring it up in-story to make it clear that the demon living inside a character's head should not be compared to the alters a system might have irl.