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Links for using AO3 and some general writing, vidding, and podficcing ones
General writing stuff:
How to write good- a satirical essay from the 70s (with some good advice)
Purdue University's Online Writing Lab "writing resources and instructional material to assist with many writing projects"
The 11 Essential Rules of Grammar (explained very well IMHO) tumblr link and wayback machine version of the original PDF
MIT's OpenCourseWare for Literature
Write Well- Macalester College's video series of 38 micro lessons on how to write well
Indiana University's Writing Guides- various tutorials on improving your writing by Indiana University
Tom Scott's Language Files "Videos about linguistics, languages, and love. But mainly linguistics."
Story Grid - Plenty of resources on how to plot out and structure you story
Guide to Grammar and Style -grammatical rules and explanations, comments on style, and suggestions on usage including common issues like farther vs further, lay vs lie, punctuation, etc. (wayback machine link)
The Chicago Manual of Style's breakdown of various combinations of adjectives and how they should be punctuated (pdf, wayback machine link)
Grammar Monster "With a comprehensive grammar glossary, list of common errors and hundreds of interactive tests, Grammar Monster is perfect for anyone who wants to brush up on half-remembered rules and write with confidence."
(also check out my Helpful Programs Post for links for programs to help with writing, grammar and more.)
Using AO3:
AO3 Bookmark Viewer - Shows public AO3 bookmarks of fanworks (or only recs or bookmarks with notes). If your username might be mistaken for a character name or tag then in the search box put "creators:your username" instead of just your username.
Fanworks Permission Statement Builder aids in creating a fanworks permission/transformative works permission statement "to let other fan creators know what you are—and are not —okay with when it comes to making works inspired by your fan creations"
Useful Skins:
AO3 Messaging Skins WhatsApp, Snapchat and more (AO3 series)
A Guide to Coding and Fanworks (collection of AO3 works with various tips and tricks on how to do various things on AO3)
AO3 Work Skins/Tutorials (has different posts for how to make newspaper articles, highlightable invisible messages, linked footnotes and many more) (AO3 series)
Ao3 Skins (Collection of Site Skins and Work Skins for AO3)
AO3 Social Media AU Work Skins (AO3 collection)
The Nice and Accurate Guide to Footnotes (AO3 work)
More AO3 work skins - Android messaging, Twitter and instagram mockups (AO3 work)
Even more AO3 work skins Twitter, Reddit, and LiveJournal (AO3 work)
Fonts, and colors, and work skins, oh my! (AO3 work)
Discord (Dark Theme) Work Skin for AO3 (AO3 work)
Discord Work Skin & Tutorial (for light and dark themes, AO3 work)
How to Make Tumblr posts on AO3 (AO3 work) and with additions/extensions
Tumblr-style CSS Tweaks (AO3 work)
Wikipedia Article Work Skin (AO3 work)
FicinaBox 2021's collection of reddit skins (3 AO3 works, skins for old and new reddit)
Posting to AO3:
Screen Readers (TTS) & Accessible Fic (some thought on making fic more accessible for screen-readers, wayback machine link)
Workflow from Google Docs to Ao3: A Primer (AO3 work)
A Complete Guide to Limited HTML on AO3 (AO3 work)
Lorem ipsum (ao3 posting script) copyable gdoc that has a script in it you can use to convert the work for easy posting to AO3 (and a tumblr post explaining a little more about it)
Docs to Markdown Open-source Drive add-on that converts a Google Doc to simple, readable Markdown or HTML.
How-To Embed on AO3 (Purimgift's guide)
A skin for embedding images so they fit properly when viewed on mobile Or, if you don't want to mess around with skins use the following html: <center><img src="URL of image" width="100%" alt="text description of image" /></center> (this may no longer be necessary according to this admin post)
multifandomdoodle's resources for posting (especially images) to AO3
Super Awesome Learning How to Embed Place by leftennant (AO3 work)
Tips for formatting (line spacing)
Hover Notes or 'Floating Boxes' in AO3
How to post to AO3 anonymously by using an anon collection (wayback machine link) - non-wayback machine link to the anon collection it mentions anonymous
how to make custom page dividers on ao3 (tumblr post)
Some advice on tagging from a tag wrangler
Tags are Tricky, a Quick and Dirty Guide infographic with description (tumblr post)
AO3yeet - "Your privacy-friendly neighbourhoodtool void that allows you to easily convert documents downloaded from Google Docs into a format that AO3 accepts."
Participating in Fanwork Exchanges on AO3:
Jamez’ Guide to Art Hosting for Exchanges (a huge gdoc table with the pros and cons of various image hosts and using them to hotlink your art to AO3 (note- Aethy posted 27 Nov they would be shutting down in 30 days)
flowersforgraves' Biased Guide to Requesting Podfic in Multimedia Exchanges
Pod-Aware meta: story love, body love, performance love @greedy-dancer's meta on commenting on podfic
A guide for requesting art in exchanges
How to shake a gift
Reading and Commenting on AO3:
AO3 Enhancement Suite Firefox add-on offers several features including a floating comment box, autosaving comments, hiding authors/works and more
Floating Comment Box greasemonkey script - A floating comment box that will also automatically save your comment locally as you type.
Another Floating Comment Box (Plus More) Greasemonkey Script "Adds shortcuts for last chapter and a floaty review box, sorts bookmarks by kudos (slow) and allows filter by complete only, download link to listing"
How to use emoji on AO3 (or, if posting from a Windows 10 desktop, hold down the windows key and press the period key and an emoji keyboard will pop up or so a Mac, hold down control+command+spacebar)
AO3 StripEmpties Bookmarklet use to remove the extra line spacing formatting on fics you read
AO3's Hidden search operators cheatsheet AO3 blog post that includes the very useful code for finding works tagged with only one specific ship and no others and many, many other things (putting "otp: true" in 'search within results' box the search will return only works tagged with that one ship and no others)
Advanced AO3 Search Tips
AO3 has changed its filters to make it more friendly, but these old work-arounds can still be helpful:
Collection of how to search within/using filters post
Browsing AO3 Safely - AO3rdr extention and filtering
AO3 Work Search Tips: Archive Warnings
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filter-me-ao3 "Using the secret hidden tricks of the AO3 filtering system for the good of all!" (no longer active, but provided the filter_ids tags and information how to filter a lot of different things)
Collection of 200 or so tag ID numbers for filtering purposes
7-Step Tutorial on how to filter out Characters and/or Relationships on AO3
Info on doing a search combining the new search and tag ID filters
Vidding links:
A Vidding Primer a tumblr post with lots of info and links for more information.
Podficcing links:
Embedding with the audio and video tags (AO3's news post explaining the basics)
Podfic Posting Guide (AO3 work)
A Newbie's Guide to Podficcing (AO3 work)
[Meta] A Breakdown of Podfic Hosting Options (AO3 work)
How I Podfic tutorial with screenshots (AO3 work)
Podfic 101 Tutorial (LJ entry)
How to Podfic: A Highly Biased and Incomplete Tutorial
Podfic: A Resource Index- index with multiple resources for podfic creation, divided into categories.
Podficcing From Your iPhone - a tutorial (on dreamwidth)
AO3 Podfic Posting Helper unofficial extension for firefox or chrome "When you post a new work (in particular a podfic), this extension can help you by importing metadata such as tags and rating to match the work that inspired you."
Fanwork Permission Statements List - easily searchable multi-fandom database of creators with Blanket Permission Statements
BBC Sound Effects - 16,000 sound effects made available by the BBC in WAV format to download for use for personal, educational or research purposes.
FilmCow Sound Effects Library More than 4,000 sound effects available to you on a completely royalty-free basis
Yellowstone Natural Park Sound Library - catalogue of ambient public domain sounds (including nature and animals)
Citizen DJ Make music using the free-to-use audio and video materials from the Library of Congress
Musopen Community driven music repository. MP3 recordings of public domain music.
NoCopyrightSounds "NoCopyrightSounds is a copyright free / stream safe record label, providing free to use music to the content creator community. We work with artists from around the world in electronic music, representing genres from House to Dubstep via Trap, Drum & Bass, Electro Pop and more." (youtube channel)
Research and Resource Collected Links Masterpost
How to write good- a satirical essay from the 70s (with some good advice)
Purdue University's Online Writing Lab "writing resources and instructional material to assist with many writing projects"
The 11 Essential Rules of Grammar (explained very well IMHO) tumblr link and wayback machine version of the original PDF
MIT's OpenCourseWare for Literature
Write Well- Macalester College's video series of 38 micro lessons on how to write well
Indiana University's Writing Guides- various tutorials on improving your writing by Indiana University
Tom Scott's Language Files "Videos about linguistics, languages, and love. But mainly linguistics."
Story Grid - Plenty of resources on how to plot out and structure you story
Guide to Grammar and Style -grammatical rules and explanations, comments on style, and suggestions on usage including common issues like farther vs further, lay vs lie, punctuation, etc. (wayback machine link)
The Chicago Manual of Style's breakdown of various combinations of adjectives and how they should be punctuated (pdf, wayback machine link)
Grammar Monster "With a comprehensive grammar glossary, list of common errors and hundreds of interactive tests, Grammar Monster is perfect for anyone who wants to brush up on half-remembered rules and write with confidence."
(also check out my Helpful Programs Post for links for programs to help with writing, grammar and more.)
Using AO3:
AO3 Bookmark Viewer - Shows public AO3 bookmarks of fanworks (or only recs or bookmarks with notes). If your username might be mistaken for a character name or tag then in the search box put "creators:your username" instead of just your username.
Fanworks Permission Statement Builder aids in creating a fanworks permission/transformative works permission statement "to let other fan creators know what you are—and are not —okay with when it comes to making works inspired by your fan creations"
Useful Skins:
AO3 Messaging Skins WhatsApp, Snapchat and more (AO3 series)
A Guide to Coding and Fanworks (collection of AO3 works with various tips and tricks on how to do various things on AO3)
AO3 Work Skins/Tutorials (has different posts for how to make newspaper articles, highlightable invisible messages, linked footnotes and many more) (AO3 series)
Ao3 Skins (Collection of Site Skins and Work Skins for AO3)
AO3 Social Media AU Work Skins (AO3 collection)
The Nice and Accurate Guide to Footnotes (AO3 work)
More AO3 work skins - Android messaging, Twitter and instagram mockups (AO3 work)
Even more AO3 work skins Twitter, Reddit, and LiveJournal (AO3 work)
Fonts, and colors, and work skins, oh my! (AO3 work)
Discord (Dark Theme) Work Skin for AO3 (AO3 work)
Discord Work Skin & Tutorial (for light and dark themes, AO3 work)
How to Make Tumblr posts on AO3 (AO3 work) and with additions/extensions
Tumblr-style CSS Tweaks (AO3 work)
Wikipedia Article Work Skin (AO3 work)
FicinaBox 2021's collection of reddit skins (3 AO3 works, skins for old and new reddit)
Posting to AO3:
Screen Readers (TTS) & Accessible Fic (some thought on making fic more accessible for screen-readers, wayback machine link)
Workflow from Google Docs to Ao3: A Primer (AO3 work)
A Complete Guide to Limited HTML on AO3 (AO3 work)
Lorem ipsum (ao3 posting script) copyable gdoc that has a script in it you can use to convert the work for easy posting to AO3 (and a tumblr post explaining a little more about it)
Docs to Markdown Open-source Drive add-on that converts a Google Doc to simple, readable Markdown or HTML.
How-To Embed on AO3 (Purimgift's guide)
A skin for embedding images so they fit properly when viewed on mobile Or, if you don't want to mess around with skins use the following html: <center><img src="URL of image" width="100%" alt="text description of image" /></center> (this may no longer be necessary according to this admin post)
multifandomdoodle's resources for posting (especially images) to AO3
Super Awesome Learning How to Embed Place by leftennant (AO3 work)
Tips for formatting (line spacing)
Hover Notes or 'Floating Boxes' in AO3
How to post to AO3 anonymously by using an anon collection (wayback machine link) - non-wayback machine link to the anon collection it mentions anonymous
how to make custom page dividers on ao3 (tumblr post)
Some advice on tagging from a tag wrangler
Tags are Tricky, a Quick and Dirty Guide infographic with description (tumblr post)
AO3yeet - "Your privacy-friendly neighbourhood
Participating in Fanwork Exchanges on AO3:
Jamez’ Guide to Art Hosting for Exchanges (a huge gdoc table with the pros and cons of various image hosts and using them to hotlink your art to AO3 (note- Aethy posted 27 Nov they would be shutting down in 30 days)
flowersforgraves' Biased Guide to Requesting Podfic in Multimedia Exchanges
Pod-Aware meta: story love, body love, performance love @greedy-dancer's meta on commenting on podfic
A guide for requesting art in exchanges
How to shake a gift
Reading and Commenting on AO3:
AO3 Enhancement Suite Firefox add-on offers several features including a floating comment box, autosaving comments, hiding authors/works and more
Floating Comment Box greasemonkey script - A floating comment box that will also automatically save your comment locally as you type.
Another Floating Comment Box (Plus More) Greasemonkey Script "Adds shortcuts for last chapter and a floaty review box, sorts bookmarks by kudos (slow) and allows filter by complete only, download link to listing"
How to use emoji on AO3 (or, if posting from a Windows 10 desktop, hold down the windows key and press the period key and an emoji keyboard will pop up or so a Mac, hold down control+command+spacebar)
AO3 StripEmpties Bookmarklet use to remove the extra line spacing formatting on fics you read
AO3's Hidden search operators cheatsheet AO3 blog post that includes the very useful code for finding works tagged with only one specific ship and no others and many, many other things (putting "otp: true" in 'search within results' box the search will return only works tagged with that one ship and no others)
Advanced AO3 Search Tips
AO3 has changed its filters to make it more friendly, but these old work-arounds can still be helpful:
Collection of how to search within/using filters post
Browsing AO3 Safely - AO3rdr extention and filtering
AO3 Work Search Tips: Archive Warnings
Collection of 200 or so tag ID numbers for filtering purposes
7-Step Tutorial on how to filter out Characters and/or Relationships on AO3
Info on doing a search combining the new search and tag ID filters
Vidding links:
A Vidding Primer a tumblr post with lots of info and links for more information.
Podficcing links:
Embedding with the audio and video tags (AO3's news post explaining the basics)
Podfic Posting Guide (AO3 work)
A Newbie's Guide to Podficcing (AO3 work)
[Meta] A Breakdown of Podfic Hosting Options (AO3 work)
How I Podfic tutorial with screenshots (AO3 work)
Podfic 101 Tutorial (LJ entry)
How to Podfic: A Highly Biased and Incomplete Tutorial
Podfic: A Resource Index- index with multiple resources for podfic creation, divided into categories.
Podficcing From Your iPhone - a tutorial (on dreamwidth)
AO3 Podfic Posting Helper unofficial extension for firefox or chrome "When you post a new work (in particular a podfic), this extension can help you by importing metadata such as tags and rating to match the work that inspired you."
Fanwork Permission Statements List - easily searchable multi-fandom database of creators with Blanket Permission Statements
BBC Sound Effects - 16,000 sound effects made available by the BBC in WAV format to download for use for personal, educational or research purposes.
FilmCow Sound Effects Library More than 4,000 sound effects available to you on a completely royalty-free basis
Yellowstone Natural Park Sound Library - catalogue of ambient public domain sounds (including nature and animals)
Citizen DJ Make music using the free-to-use audio and video materials from the Library of Congress
Musopen Community driven music repository. MP3 recordings of public domain music.
NoCopyrightSounds "NoCopyrightSounds is a copyright free / stream safe record label, providing free to use music to the content creator community. We work with artists from around the world in electronic music, representing genres from House to Dubstep via Trap, Drum & Bass, Electro Pop and more." (youtube channel)
Research and Resource Collected Links Masterpost