AO3 writer habits
Check the publishing, plotting, commenting and WIP experiences that make fanfiction writing its own kind of chaos.
Interactive quiz
Select every fanfiction writing experience you have had or would recognize.
Questions include posting works, pseudonyms, WIPs, author notes, comments, fic exchanges, fix-its and the emotional process of writing.
No. Planning a fic, drafting a scene or keeping an abandoned WIP in your notes counts as a recognizable writer habit.
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Each statement counts once. Your percentage is the share of statements you did not select, so a lower number means you recognized more of the habits in this particular quiz. It is a playful snapshot rather than a test of taste, experience or identity. Results are calculated locally in your browser and are not sent to the site.
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