So You Wanna Write a Fanfic: Tips and Tricks for Getting Started

Join Emily and Vee as they discuss the ins and outs of writing fanfic, including coming up with ideas, choosing a writing platform, and sharing your work online. Plus, Emily shares her latest fandom adventures in a little show called Supernatural.

Topics include: Writing, publishing, editing

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Sources from today's ep:

• Literotica
• No beta we die like men on Fanlore
• Perchance generators
• PWP on Fanlore
• Drabble on Fanlore
• Longfic on Fanlore
• Work in Progress on Fanlore
• Scrivener
• Ellipsus
• Proton
• Beta on Fanlore
• Formatting on Ao3
• Tagging guide by mostlyinthemorning
• Congressional Candidate Kat Abughazaleh on Parable of the Sower, and Her Love of Sci-Fi by James Folta

We asked listeners on Bluesky for their suggestions about starting to write fic. You can find those here!

Thank you to Erik Potteiger for producing our song and Haflacky for our logo design.