ao3 writers, do you:
copy & paste into HTML, and used livejournal
copy & paste into Rich Text, and used livejournal
copy & paste into HTML, and did not use livejournal
copy & paste into Rich Text, and did not use livejournal
write the fic in ao3 (DON’T do this, it’s not backed up then)
not a writer/don’t use ao3/just want to push a button
See Resultsfrom my eljay days I still write my fic with html as I go, and I’m genuinely curious what other fic writers do (also yes, okay, yes I am procrastinating finishing this fic, shut up already, why are YOU at the devil’s sacrament???)
Rich Text does everything I need it to do! I never used LiveJournal, I started out on fanfiction.net where back in the day you could just upload your document (oh how I wish AO3 had this…) so I never learned html or got in the habit. I’ve been wondering recently why people do it but if it’s an existing habit that makes sense!
Hilariously, Dreamwidth uses Rich Text and I *still* write my AO3 fic with HTML automatically. And if I could do it here, that would have said <I>still</I>. :)
The fact that I used Livejournal is irrelevant to the fact that I write my fic in HTML before pasting it to AO3 (I was making Geocities pages before I ever heard of Livejournal).
The fact that I currently use programming software (BBEdit code editor) to write my fic in HTML is also irrelevant, but weirdly satisfying now that I’m writing in the Tron fandom.
(Edit: I also SOMETIMES use the secret mostly-hidden HTML editor here on Tumblr.)