I feel like I'm posting a lot, sorry

[ghoulmouse]

Where does one even crosspost fanfic on Dreamwidth these days? Mostly video game stuff for me but occasional like...other things. A lot of my output lately is r18 because, as it happens that is fun and people like it, but I've also got what is probably going to turn out to be an extremely long and convoluted AU fic in the wings. FFXIV putting in a dungeon called "Fell Court of Troia" just kind of reignited this bizarre FF4 AU idea that has sat in the back of my head for probably well on a decade now and I think I'm, like, actually in a position to write it with the influx of new ideas (and actually kind of looking forward to working on it which is nice).

Roughed out the first couple scenes of it and I'm leading off with some graphic bone-breaking and drowning peril. You know, to really bring in the readers. My search history is all like "compound fracture recovery time" "broken knee complications" "drowning victim first aid" "broken rib effect on breathing" "traumatic shock".

Also it wasn't fully relevant because FF4 clearly features all kinds of fantastical healing procedures, but I looked up what one did for a compound fracture prior to the advent of modern medicine and...well, I don't know why I expected the answer to be anything but "chop it off and call a priest," lol.

My posting will probably slow down once I run out of pent-up things to say. I feel like this is an annoying rate.

Comments

[cora]

If you mean cross post to other Dreamwidth communities it probably depends on the community. Search for the interest (Dreamwidth.org > Explore > Interests), and then pick the "Communities" tab.

I tend to open the community I am looking at into a new tab to check how alive it is (or isn't).

A direct link for FFXIV for you: https://www.dreamwidth.org/interests?int=FFXIV&type=C

If you mean other sites: AO3 was the big one for a few years. It looks like it's having it's Boldthrough Strikethrough moment, and its code is being forked over to https://squidgeworld.org/

[ghoulmouse]

Yeah, unfortunately none of the communities tagged with the fandom seem to be for fanfiction, aside from the kink meme which is exclusive to like, stuff written for the kink meme, obviously. I was kind of wondering if there were any more general comms that were reasonably active.

I've been on AO3 since its inception and while I don't think its like, in danger of going down or removing anything, I missed having my own archive and having places to share it when I posted something new. I'm still sort of figuring out where everything is outside of the few centralized sites :V

[cora]

Oooh that is totally fair! Both on the "looking for general like-minded people to talk with" and the "I miss having my own site, and I want something more niche than a 'one size fits all' solution."

You could try to spur your own community? There is a community to promo fandom-related communities: dw_community_promo.

[lassarina]

On the other hand, we could be the change we want to see at finalfantasy :)

[lassarina]

I for one am not annoyed by posting rate. I love seeing my reading page so active.

[lassarina]

That would indeed be a perfect place! She says, not having looked at it in ages.

[vriddy]

Oooh, cool!! A new comm for my collection :D *subscribes* Thanks!

[vriddy]

Not annoyed either, get 'em all pent-up things out :D

I see people sharing fic links on anime_manga and the likes. The finalfantasy comms mentioned above could work in this case. I think most comms are so quiet these days, any post is welcome (unless it's specifically discouraged in the rules). And if it becomes too much, maybe some noticeboard-style comms will pop up again. Personally, I tend to only share on my journal, and for some fandoms I drop a link on a weekly recs post that explicitly welcomes self-recs as well. My impression is that book fandoms, asian dramas, and western movies are more present on Dreamwidth than the animanga fandoms I tend to write for so it kind of discourages me from sharing haha, but yeah be the change you want to see and all that is fair too...

[cora]

I found the thing I wanted to give to you last night!!!

melannen's How To Make Your Own Fanfiction Archive, In Just 10 Easy Steps

[terabient]

I honestly don't know where people are posting non-prompt fanfic, tbh. For prompt communities I really like drabble_zone b/c there's basically no pressure and have the same content restriction approach as AO3, but for like, your own fic that you want to share with others? Not even sure of general communities let alone fandom-specific ones. :c

[kalloway]

Please post lots, I like getting to know people and having things to read.

I'm also possibly going to start up a general video-games fanwork community once I get enough sleep, so hopefully Soon(TM).

[ghoulmouse]

God, I haven't written a drabble in like. So long.

[ghoulmouse]

This is...so helpful, lol. I really thought I remembered how to make websites but as it turns out...I absolutely do not. It's been WAY longer than I thought :V

[cora]

As someone who still tries to hit "cmd+b" instead of the HTML tags..I hear you LOL