how people write fanfic

[tielan]

Query for those who write with the intent to publish on web platforms ie. AO3, once upon a time DW/LJ, other fic archives.

Do you code the HTML as you go, writing it out on the page? Or do you do the HTML coding only when you post the fic?

edit: Wow, I feel completely odd writer out now. I write everything in a word processor, and copypasta into AO3, hand-coding for DW/LJ...

I mean, I once created an MS Word macro that coded bold and italics and underline based on the formatting but that was back in ye olde dayes of LJ when you'd post the entire story on LJ...

Comments

[havocthecat]

I can understand why you'd use the macro if you'd been going through the same instance for 15 years.

I do like Open Office, but I switched to Libre Office just to test it. It's...interesting. I have Office 2013 also, because I got it for super cheap at work ($10, not to be turned down).

I think that it's fascinating to see how everyone finds the ways that work best for them. I've been doing the hand-coding since the 90s and I honestly don't use that much in the way of formatting, so it's no big deal for me.