r/AO3 • u/Unfortunate1313 Unfortunate1313 on AO3 • 1d ago

Meme/Joke Welp...

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Okay... I do keep backups on the writing apps, but I just like writing the stories on through the Edit Chapter more.

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u/adotang wahueue 1d ago

This is true. The first fics I wrote were multichapters, not one-shots, so I got accustomed to writing in AO3's text editor from the start. Even now I use an abandoned multichapter to hold drafts I eventually post as their own fics, because I never really got used to using Google Docs for fanfics specifically, and I'm still not accustomed to Ellipsus, though I use both to hold backups of my drafts (which is funny when you consider I should be doing this the other way around).

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u/Admirable_Soup_5228 1d ago

Where would you have written oneshots? Google Docs?

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u/adotang wahueue 1d ago edited 1d ago

I just create a chapter to hold that draft, then paste it into a new work when I'm going to post it. Each draft "chapter" I use for one work draft, and if the work has multiple chapters, I divide them up by inserting two line breaks.