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

[raine]

I used to code the HTML as I went, but then I discovered Dreamweaver would format the Word doc for me, and I quit doing that. I only code when I reply to comments on AO3 or in DW; the rich text editor on AO3 is good enough for what I want it to do. The exception is when I decide I want an uncommon HTML format, like arrows for a horizontal line.