Types of fanfic writers
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Best part is that "That Writer" can be seen as both a Smut Writer and an Angst Writer.
as a sadist, theyre pretty much the same thing to me lmao
They're the same
Can also be seen as someone who can’t take criticism
As an angst writer this is true
Their both difficult in one way or another.
'The lost poets' hits different. So many, so so soooo many, great fanfics never get finished. It burns every time...
Yeah one of my favorite SebaCiel fanfics hasn't been updated since like 2020.
@@barbaragarb9453 excuse me - SebaCiel???? Bestie- the age gap between those two-
It is a completely different type of pain, I found an amazing Mastermind Makoto fanfic on Ao3 but they haven’t updated it in years :’)
@@smhhx Yeah i know, i'm insane in the membrane but everything i read is mainly fluff.
@@barbaragarb9453 but still the age gap is huge
I'm the "I have ideas but I'm just too lazy to post my fanfiction" type of person
I'm the "I have ideas and written fanfictions but i'm too scared what other people would think to post them" type of person.
@@justmebeingmyself4679 same-
Hi thats me. Yeah i know im amazin *hair flip*
mood
@@justmebeingmyself4679 also mood
As a fanfic writer I can confirm this is accurate
How do I find the murderer and the lost poet?
@@zombiedemon1762 just go on A03 you should be able to find MANY types of writers
But I must warn you once you go into fanfics you can’t go out
@@theofficialkermitdefrog7612 You say that as though it’s a bad thing.
@@gpettus9508 It really is. I started reading fanfics 2 years ago and I'm still going
@@zombiedemon1762 Well, I'm definitely the "murderer" kind of writer. Literally killed off Deku's mom in like 7 stories.
I honestly ask myself why are lost poets writing fan fiction when they could’ve gotten a writing degree
we lost poets are just perpetual wanderers of a wasteland homie
some of them DO have writing degrees lol. theyre just write amazing fanfics and share them with the world
because we need good fanfics to read
no but that’s pretty true tho
And do what with it?
@Marco Penso they’re called books
I’m the “has a lot of lore but inconsistent writing ability”. Running five major plotlines at once while bouncing between two different works with a menagerie of different characters is fun but hard.
*sigh* i am also one of those authors
I ... Do not appreciate you calling me out like this
I'm quite frankly also in this category, in that I'm currently working on a massive isekai deconstruction novel, but as are most.
You'll eventually get the hang of things as you gain experience, but I would suggest keeping a timeline for your works; it'll save you the hassle of reading through 400 chapters just to refresh your memory.
Oi oi, stop calling me out! Though that's why I decided for 4 books all dealing with different parts of the story.
I do oneshots. When something takes weeks, or in my worst case HALF A DAMN YEAR, it’s just awful.
My favorite writers are the ones who you can tell have read a lot. Their words are really high level, they describe things so well you can almost imagine it, and they know how to pull your heart strings. Unfortunately, they have one condition and its called "disappearing" 😭
As (I would like to believe) that type of writer, there are a few insights I could offer you as to why this happens so often with good writers.
1. Often, quality requires time to create -- time not always available to the writer, or, sometimes, the writer does not want to invest that time.
2. Keeping the quality of one's work to a consistent standard is stressful, and may take a toll on the writer, causing them to adopt avoidant behaviors when it comes to writing.
3. Sometimes, because those authors are of a high caliber, they move onto other, bigger projects in their lives, leaving behind their fanfictions.
Samee
@@LVD3NS And adding onto the first point--Since it takes a lot of time, some writers may be less passionate about the fandom after a while, so it leaves the story unfinished as their interest expires before they can complete their vision.
I have that worry all of the time because the current fanfic I'm writing has so much planned for the plot, but takes so long to update because I'm such a perfectionist. I almost feel like I'll move onto a different fandom before I can wrap it all up
@@whyamihere523 I avidly roleplay and have matters IRL to take care of. That generally means that when I get to sit down in front of my document to write/edit the story I'm too tired to really get it going, on top of being a perfectionist
They probably went on to become authors or other more important things
This video was PURE true things. Also, the newbie thing… yeah, the not connecting sentences and badly written words are pretty stressing
I mean Google docs have autocorrect which is pretty good. Gramarlly exist
How about when it is just one wall of text, no separation whatsoever?
Not even that this one story I was reading made no sense it was in one location then suddenly we are in another and characters emotions switching constantly with conflicts that shouldn’t even happen and the worst part is the ENTIRE story was literally written very stupid there were so many grammatical errors and not even that every word you had to guess what it was because apparently someone decided not too read their story over or use spellcheck before publishing it my English teacher would flip if she saw that many grammatical errors and misspelling it was like a 3 year old wrote it I didn’t even bother finishing it cause it gave me a headache with that many mistakes
@@ethancrash2554 I wouldn't suggest reading My Immortal. You'll probably have a heart attack, even if you know it's a trollfic.
“Please no hate this is my first fan fiction”
Or
“English isn’t my first language”
^^^^ I see these too often 😂
I'm the "I have ideas and form entire stories and AUs in my head, but I'm not a good writer and I'm scared people will judge what I post" type of person.
Same
Me
I'm quite the opposite lmao; I like to think I have good writing skills but I literally cannot come up with any ideas whatsoever
As someone who has gone a few years with this type: you will always be scared of other people judging you. But for every person hating your story there will be another person liking it. Go write that fanfic. Go post that fanfic. Go make stuff.
you just perfectly described me in one sentence wha
Something a lot of people don't know is that there's a very good reason for the poor spelling and grammar in fanfics, and it isn't just people being bad writers (at least a lot of the time). Almost all fanfics are written in English, and so there's a shocking amount of people who don't speak English, but will read or write in it using translators. You'd be surprised how many fanfic authors post in English, despite writing everything in their native language.
My only point is: don't be too harsh on people. You never know when a writer is a kid, has dyslexia or something similar, doesn't speak the language... there are lots of reasons a fanfic might have plenty of issues other than the writer just sucking.
Absolutely man, absolutely. I know of...three of four people off the top of my head where English is not their first language but they write English fanfiction, and it's awesome (even if there are typos and such or not). I always find it so cool when people write fanfic in a language that isn't their first one. They're definitely very dedicated people! XP
Sometimes Autocorrect can an issue you might feel like your write something right but then the autocorrect just changed it for some reason
English isn't my mother tongue, but I like to read and talk in English more than in my actual mother tongue. (I'm by the way from Germany) For me it's not that hard to write something down, but when I write I magically forget to write some words down, that I see missing when I read over it and sometimes I forget how some words are written or what word I usually know I am searching for. I am a perfectionist and I highly doubt that someone would want to read my story's. Yes, I am very insecure about my writing and I try to find the right perspective to write.
@@Dazai_Osamu037 If you enjoy writing, then don't worry about who enjoys it, or if people will be rude online. Just write for the sake of it, and you'll naturally get better over time, in whatever language you write!
@@lodus4802 My problem is my mental health can't do that. I can't stop overthinking even though I know the story idea is good, but I am so afraid of sharing, that I don't do it. One thing I am unsure of is if I write from an Anime a mental ill person do I have to put a trigger warning? Because the Anime character I'm talking about is my username and my profile picture. He is suicidal and has a lot deep down stuff going on in his mental health. So there is one part in me that is really unsure of it and I hate asking, because I feel like I am annoying like I am right now. 😅
It's so hard to understand when they have bad grammar, bad spelling, and such but the sad part is sometimes the story is actually good.
edit:1.4k likes are too much for a comment so random but thx
edit: now it's 2k : )'thank you!!
Ah yes, I do understand. I have a fanfic writer buddy who is also dyslexic, so I'm their stand-in editor before they post, just to make sure their fics are grammatically correct and readable and such XP
omg the woes of how true this is....
You are absolutely right man..
I copied a fic and edited it so I could actually read it. It was really good, but definitely needed some work. (obviously I didn't post it myself, I'm not one of THOSE "writers" XD)
I've read some fanfics with spelling errors that were fine. But I've also read some that where a nightmare and that I couldn't make it past the first ch.
The "overexplainer" should be grouped together with the "THAT writer"
They practically work together like bread and butter!
/Joke
No because im both of those 🕴
I mean, it ain't a joke if it's str8 fax XD
A smut writer and an overexplainer would be an unstoppable force together tbh
@@ThatabberationLevi no way u used XD and str8 in 2022
@@sophiamariamaties9554 no way you're commenting on the way someone types in 2022
I'm the type of writer "that was peer pressured to post my "good fics" online and not many people read them because the fandom is slowly dying" but I can relate to the other types as well.
I have some amazing stories I’ve thought of the only thing I have to tweak is having more scenes were characters connect because the dialogue In my head when characters talk is pretty much as if they were talking blandly However I don’t know if a story I write would even get noticed because it doesn’t fall under a genre people usually read like normally when ever I do go on there it’s because I notice a character in a show I’m amazed by however they don’t get enough screen time so I try finding stories about them or I’m bored and wanna read stories with massive battles that regular media doesn’t have I don’t know much about it but if there is a colum on fan fiction we’re people can freestyle write so the stories on their even get noticed?
Like the Tron and non whump Spider-Man community!
Jesus christ, what is with those people!
I wrote for a dead fandom because I was pissed off that my pairing didn't get love. That's how I started writing fanfiction even though I was just a reader. Although to my surprise, I got comments by the same 7 people who discovered it and they were there from start to almost finish (shame, I was near the finish line before I stopped) Although the fandom is truly dead because even after 8 years, probably only got 9 extra comments (3 by the same person) from a 15 chapter story.
Literally every fandom I entered and wanted to write for already had its peak
How has this not blown up yet It's the most accurate thing to date.
You forgot the "actually good writers who made fanfics in their free time" group
The lost poet on reminded me of a fanfic i used to read,it was really nice had a good plot was well written and stuff,sadly i came to find out that the author died before they could finish the fanfic,so i keep it as a memory of their work and i hope they rest in peace
Edit: thank you for the person that brought me back here,i had forgotten in which video i had posted this. Sadly it has been a long time since i read it like 3 years ago and i no longer use wattpad(where it was posted) and cant currently go look for it,but i still remember the plot if anyone is interested in going on a fanfic hunt
Aww, that's actually sad. I hope to have all my niche works finished before I shuffle off this mortal coil.
Yeah I had multiple stories I was reading ended because the writer either accidentally overdosed or commit suicide. His mother went into his account and posted what had happened to the writer and it was really sad to see.
well now I know why they're called lost poets
Do you remember what the fanfic was called?
dang whats the title?
as a fanfic author i can confirm that this is accurate.
I am "the murdere" but also the "rewrites cannon" and "can't write smut or romance so writes vIoLeNcE" pretty fun 😅
>> can't write smut or romance so writes vIoLeNcE
Ah yes, torture and violence 😂.
OMG SAME😭😭😭😭😭😭
See, on one hand I _can_ write smut and romance. Badly.
On the other, _violence_
yeah...that's me
Im the lost writer skdjks
I always start fics really well, but end up losing motivation and never finishing them
same
SAME
ME RN
Im happy go fluffy
sameeeee
I'm the "Writes a new fanfic every single day and never finishes any of them unless its a oneshot" writer.
I’m either the happy-go-fluffy or I’m the murderer and there’s no in between
Sometimes, I’m the “Annoying proofreader”. Sometimes, I’m the “heartbreaker”.
But no matter what, I will always be a “I don’t want to ship anybody in the fanfic but I did it anyways” type of person.
I write my own stories too and oh. My. Gosh. This is more accurate thatn I realize
So my fanfics were always taking a pre-existing world and expanding on them. Adding new characters, new places, new ideas, just... taking what's already there, repurposing some things, and just making a brand new story out of it.
Fanfics really aren't as bad as people think. They only see the bad side of fanfics, which are the bad ones written by people whose talents are something that isn't writing.
“i looked into his brown sight orbs”
@@pasta_eeee HAHA
same
The lost poet one hurts. I can't tell you how many times I've stumbled upon a fan fic that I fell in love with only to discover that it will most likely never be finished.
Im the "I have lots of idea's for fanfic's yet i do not know how to write"
I appreciate the 1000 "actually useless points" but I don't think I can live off them.
As a whumper who doesn't kill I don't feel represented
Don't worry, a sequel will very possibly be coming up, eventually XP (and same here! I love me some good hearty whumpfic XP)
For those rare few who have written and COMPLETED awesome fanfictions, you guys are the GOATs!
"I have ideas but I'm just too lazy to post my fanfiction" type of person
I’m the, “I’ll update! I promise…..”
*A few days later.*
“Hey guys.. so I starting this new book (and I’ll probably post 23 chapters and start a new book lol)”
I have 8 incomplete stories with desperate readers waiting for an update 👁👁
Same thing here. I said I was gonna take a break from writing after having a few people reading because I was tired. I try to make another story, fail, and just leave.
Just eight?? I have somewhere between thirty-nine and forty-six, on good days xP
You're gonna get there though, I believe in you!!
"That writer" being that one author that can for some reason combine heart-shattering angst and hot-ass smut
As a fanfiction reader, I can also confirm that this is scarily accurate! Also you’ve got a new subscriber🥰
I'm the "I write fan fics since ages, probably have 100+ on my hard drive but never published even a single one because anxiety"
As a fanfic writer myself; I'm an odd mix of happy-go-fluffy and bloody angst. I like cute fluffy stuff, but can't help but enjoy a bit of hurt and/or no comfort. Perhaps even some Dead Doves. My toxic trait is I struggle with posting my countless list of fics. XD
I have never once looked up anything on youtube related to fanfiction, and yet this somehow manages to find it's way to my recommended within a day of me posting to AO3 for the first time.
What kind of fanfiction?
@@markjcm8968 It's just a generic "what if main characters were ebil?" fic, but the game it's about (Bug Fables) has a very small fandom so I want to give it some love (or angst, I guess)
i'm the "murderer" 100%
(the amount of characters i've killed off could fit into a minivan)
I consider myself a mix between "the murderer" and what I call "ruthless deconstruction", though I am dangerously close to fitting into the "lost poet" category due to a lack of motivation as of late.
my friend is THAT writer
I just love how happy-go-fluffy looks traumatized by THAT writer🤣
THE OVEREXPLAINER IS MY FRIEND KASSIDY-
I'm honestly the mix of "constant writers block", "zero motivation", and "lack of inspiration"
So do you even make anything?
Genuinely
I’m the Happy-go-Fluffy because I use fanfiction as an escape from reality. I stay away from angst because I don’t need my mental health to be even worse. I also stay away from smut because, even though I’m almost 18, it still makes me feel sick. If I were to enjoy smut, it would probably have to be focused more on the intimacy; making love rather than just fucking; and that circles back to fluff.
gurl i read angst to feel something-
how does it makes ya mental health worse -
@@chimmy4940 It triggers my C-PTSD from years of emotional abuse.
I have the numbness too, but, when I want to feel something, I self-harm instead because it hurts less. Also, some angst fics involve self-harm, which usually leads to me self-harming too, so I’d probably be self-harming either way.
Also, please don’t call me any variation of “girl”. It gives me gender dysphoria.
@@rowan404 oh i say gurl to everyone tho but okay how should i refer to u as?
@@chimmy4940 You didn’t have to add anything at the beginning. You could’ve just started with “I read…”
@@rowan404 i was just tryna be polite human chill okay?
I can’t believe I got invested in the story of Tanner and Molly only to be hit with the “Is anyone actually stopping to read this thing?” 😢
I'm the type who actually is writing right now but decided to watch this instead
when I was 'the newbie' I directly wrote my fic in ao3, not even in notes or a separate doc first 😭
omg I'm so glad I didn't. I used advice from my favorite writers and wrote it in notes first!! Brought it to docs to finish the rest of the chapter
I'm the happy go fluffy writer, but some time I have really strong urge to write really really toxic shits
I'm definitely the over explainer.
0:36 never have i been more offended by something I 100% agree with.
My brother is the "I promise ill upload the next chapter in a few days" kinda guy only to keep his readers waiting for months at a time
YESSS 1000 USELESS POINTS!
I'm the "Writes everything fluffy with both lore and angst" type of writer
As a fanfic author, there's also the type who genuinely try to make a good story.
I generally write crossovers, and I try my best to make those crossovers as good as possible, though I will admit I don't always succeed.
(I have a problem where I frequently use characters who are too powerful for the crossed over world, like Alex Mercer from Prototype in My Hero Academia, which generally ends up ruining the story.)
Yeah, I’m a crossover writer, too! Unfortunately, when I try to actually write my stories, my mental image of the plot is so far along that I have a hard time figuring out how to get there. And even when I do write a lot, my motivation only stays for like 10-15 minutes before I get bored and go back to daydreaming about how cool it could be (mainly because I imagine them in the format of the anime I’m writing about, which doesn’t correlate to having to describe it).
I've been trying for MONTHS to write this crossover fic because I really feel like I could make it work but as you said, there is a serious power disparity between fandoms and I also feel like it just won't work at all. Do you have any advice to combat this?
@@youcantkeeprunninginandout7240
My advice? Hm... Maybe use a villain from the more powerful story? Or maybe have some of the more powerful story's power start leaking into the weaker universe? For example, in my Prototype x MHA crossover, I sort of had the idea to make some of the villains get their hands on Alex Mercer's variant of the Blacklight Virus, thus becoming just as powerful as him. I never followed through with it, but that was my plan for combating the power disparity.
I don't know. Those are just some very over generalized ideas off the top of my head. I would have to read the specific crossover for more specific advice. Either way, I hope it helped give you a general direction to start thinking of solutions.
@@jplays2167 Bruh same, but I force myself to listen to music relating to the topic for me to focus.
When the over-explainer popped out I lost it. I'm probably this one
You forgot the one that combines all the movies animes games and novels you’ve ever read and watched, into a big jumble of mess that really shouldn’t but somehow enjoyable ( I am talking to you ruqing rusu!)
I think I tried to sit through reading one of their fanfics.
Needless to say, if I ever wrote something like that, please shoot me.
That sounds like something that could possibly work if it was given enough planning to make sure things worked well together... and I doubt there's much that is.
@@darkiusmc979 Have fun planning that nightmare.
Tip: Write a synopsis of the story. Not too in depth, but enough for a good outline.
I'm the "I have fic idea, i wrote 50k words in my docs but i won't publish cuz no one is gonna read it anyway."
HAHA yes I have found that I am the over-explainer
Me after getting this on my front page for the fiftieth time: God, *FINE,* I'LL WATCH THIS. AS MUCH AS I DON'T WANT TO BE CALLED OUT AS SOME HORRIBLE TROPE, I'LL ENTERTAIN THIS.
i’m the overexplainer, i usually give background info before the actual story and usually the info is longer than the story itself which isn’t exactly short 😅
God I fit the overexplainer archetype so well lmao.
(not to a super extreme extent but I sometimes go maybe a bit too deep with character backstories and describing situations lol)
I'm that "lmao, you love this ship? Me too! _Too bad one of em dies and they go through the stages of grief but in a more angsty way_ " kind of guy :'D
but when Im in a good mood, I become the "Angst first, but the two main characters realize they aint so different and learn to overcome their challenges together fluffy ending" guy lol
I got into writing fanfiction about maybe a month ago, and have been extensively working on this one fanfic that kind of has a little bit of everything, but has it's genuinely nice beats, alongside some more darker or heavier bits. This is pretty accurate to a lot of other stuff I've seen tbh
Im a mix of newbie and “i got alot of ideas but how the fuck do people making beginnings and titles?!?”
Same, I'm really jealous of people who can come up with names for things
@@spypigeon7292 its so hard 😭💅
@@vexgnos5184 If it's any help, most of the time I can't come up with a name it's usually because I'm overthinking it. So I just write the first thing that comes to mind and then while I'm editing the chapter, I see if I can think of a better one. Or sometimes I just say "screw it" and use a soundtrack as inspiration
@@spypigeon7292 im gonna try that and see if it helps. Thank you!
RIGHT??
i'm the "i have so much lore i started writing 10 fanfics and now i don't know what to do anymore."
also i try to put as much angst into this as i can just because "the story is interesting that way and it makes me feel sorry for the characters" 😈
As a fanfic author, I’m laughing my ass off right now, cause this is 100% true.
At first I thought I was the newbie, then I thought I was the Happy-Go-Fluffy, but I can now confirm I am THAT writer.
very cute and accurate video! i would classify myself as more of an angst writer, but most of the fics i read are fluffy or hurt/comfort. that probably says a lot about me.
quick tangent: i don't tend to enjoy angst fics, just because a lot of the time the writer isnt speaking from experience and it *really* shows.
Honestly my favorite is the happy-go-fluffy
I'm not already fanfic writer but as a mapper (storymapper), I can relate.
Also, I write an story too but for mapping. And it's mental blocks sucks me. Honestly, aimed for 30-50 pages for 30-90 minutes of mapping videos.
Whats mapper?
@@dentangaji6161 Storymapper is someone who makes story based on map (like country talking to other country, etc.). The example of this is Korean Mapping, Astral Mapping, etc. They make Alternate Future of World, Alternate Future of Europe, Pax Britannica Nova, etc.
@@SomethingNameArchived Thats nice! Is this restricted only to existing real world map or has a complete freedom over our imagination?
@@dentangaji6161 Complete freedom over our own imagination. Not only restricted on real world map, but you can make storymapping based on fictional maps, it's called Alternate World, for example of this is History of Famana by Sunset Productions.
Also, you can add characters from other games and utilise it as leader of the country as you want. Example : Stranded, the series I working on.
I’m the “writes a meme-y chatfic with all of the anime characters, then after few chapters goes to get some milk” tipe XD
Well, I don't write fanfics, but if I wrote then I most probably be a murderer type. I LOVE SEEING MY FAVOURITE CHARACTERS PAINFULLY DIE IN MY IMAGINATION WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME.
I am the type ' write an fanfic until get some recognition,and then drop it because of the writer block'
I'm the fanfic writer who writes way too much chapters and feels constant pain whenever I publish a new chapter
How much is too much actually?
I keep killing my favorite characters and I can't stop it makes to much sense for the plot AAAAAAAAAAAAHH
I am here before this becomes popular
Man I've been watching it since it went from quiet 200 to whatever its at now, I think 3k? XD
ive read fanfics and books for so long i can tell when the writer is young. its in the writing of the story if you pay close attention
esp the way the characters interact and treat the mc, the personalities of the characters and the subtle self insert with at least one. oh and the scenes where its purely for the sake of making the reader take emotional damage
Your art style is so cute!
Thank you so much! :P this is far from my best work, but from a video standpoint I am pretty proud of it XP
I have an updating schedule of once a month and everybody keeps saying "oh they're long dead" and BAM that's when you update ladies and gentlemen
the lost poet one hurts internally, so many great writers go GONE at some point and i have no idea if they're dead or they just dont wanna write anymore, and at some point the account will become an orphan account 💀
Super accurate and super cute! Keep up the good work ;)
I like writing angst with a fluff ending, nobody deserves to be hurt
Why must you call out my overexplaining ways
As an over-explainer when it comes to fanfic writing
It's true. For me personally, I tend to write mini essays just to explain a small section of said fanfic...
I'm trying to not be the overexplainer... I'm trying.
Yeah. Writing fanfics makes good practice for writing though. When one of my fics got on TV Tropes i felt SO accomplished.
@Rainbow Rose Princess Mishti Thank you!
As a fluff writer, yes
I’m the “I have ideas and am able to sit down and write, but need background noise to work and end up distracted”.
0:42 Why... is that me-? I swear to God, I need to add every last detail, otherwise, I might not survive. Luckily, I only write One-shots... The plot would literally go nowhere. /hj
I’m the ‘I’m going to churn out as many well made chapters of a fic before abandoning it when I burn myself out, and moving onto a new fic to repeat the process’
With my upload schedule being about six months, I’ve gotten a lot of requests asking if my series is discontinued or not
It’s not that I discontinued it
It’s that I spend so long editing everything it takes six months (also laziness, I apologise for my tardiness)
That fanfic writer that always makes the main character cry and have panic attacks.
Let me add one more:
THE ONE THAT ALWAYS LEAVES THE READERS FRUSTRATEDDD ARRRRRGGGHHH
You forget
The writers that make you question EVERYTHING
I do like writing fanfics but its something i kinda like to keep to myself
And then there’s me: The guy who basically just writes a whole bunch of fight scenes
There's also the "Alright time to update my fanfic, Oh damn I got writers block"
You forgot my type.
The one who adds angst to absolutely everything.
the "I have ideas. But my constant perfectionism makes me think everything I make is shit"
I'm definitely the over-explainer lmao 😭
And then there's me:
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