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Common Writing Errors Found In Sherlock (TV) Fan Fiction by Aubadie
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV)
12 Aug 2014
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Identifying the consistent writing errors found in Sherlock (TV) fan fiction. Intended as a reference for authors and a kind gesture to be helpful, not judgemental. Will be updated as I come across more words.
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How to Improve Your Dialogue by Shoes of Acacia (orphan_account)
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Doctor Who & Related Fandoms
16 Jan 2017
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Dialogue is a SUPER important element of storytelling. If it's done poorly, even otherwise great writing can be ruined.
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- Part 2 of Bad Advice from an Angsty Teen
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Implementing Astrology in Fanfiction-Writing for the Hamilton Fandom by littlevodika (orphan_account)
Fandoms: Hamilton - Miranda, Hamilton - Miranda (Broadway Cast) RPF, Turn (TV 2014), Turn: Washington's Spies
26 Sep 2017
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How to use astrology to help write Hamilton fanfiction accurately (well, better than normal) and a couple other notes from yours truly.
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- Part 15 of Hamilton x Reader Fan Fics
- Part 1 of Astrology Meets Hamilton
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This is a compilation of writing tips that I have learned over the course of my journey as an author both for fanfic and original stories!!!
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The Relationship Between Online Readers & Writers by Penguiduck
Fandoms: Original Work, Essays - Fandom, tutorials, Compositions
30 Nov 2020
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We are a community. There is plenty of room for writers, readers, and everyone in between.
You’re a part of it, regardless of what role you play. You may be a reader, a writer, a reader who occasionally writes when the muse bubbles up, or a writer who occasionally reads when you need a break from the keyboard.
In this composition, I will discuss the relationship between online readers and writers. I would like to provide some perspective from both sides and make proposals for behavioral changes that I think could benefit the community and enrich this special relationship. We as human beings have this desire to feel appreciated, and when we do, we perform as the best versions of ourselves.
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My writing layout/template - Story Writing Guide by orphan_account
Fandoms: None - Fandom
22 Oct 2020
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Just a little template that I use when I have no idea what to do. Also, the "Things instead of said" is pretty useful. Its for my 4-year-old brain, don't mind me.
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A guide on what I, and others, find fanfiiction authors need to k(no)w.
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Pro tips for writing accurate anal sex (and other booty activities): from your friendly neighbourhood gay guy
Hello friends. I was inspired to write this after reading many a fanfic and wincing for various butt related reasons...
SO. We begin.
Ten topics covered:
1: Lubing it up
2: Nerves vs being uninterested
3:Stretching
4: Position
5: Expectations vs Reality
6: Prostates
7: Description
8: Aftercare
9: Sanitation
10: Bonus topic: Buttplugs! -
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Help for any writer! This book will have me writing notes, tips or ideas, things I find on Pinterest, and notes, tips or ideas people send me in my DMs. (If you have any intermissions DM them to me on here or instagram! I'll will give credit!).
This book will have:
✰𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙨✰
✔︎𝙁𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙢𝙨✔︎
♡︎𝙍𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥𝙨♡︎
☮︎︎𝘿𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨☮︎︎
☯︎︎𝙎𝙮𝙣𝙤𝙣𝙮𝙢𝙨☯︎︎
𖨆𝘾𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 & 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨𖨆
✌︎︎𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙨✌︎︎
❀𝘾𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙒𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜❀
✍︎︎𝙀𝙭𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙨✍︎ -
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𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 ❜⠀❫⠀───⠀❪ 写作技巧书 ❫
ㅤ ╱ ✦ 𓄳 ⠀ ━━━ ⠀❝ welcome to the final show. ❞𓄹 ━━ 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥⠀⠀ ⠀𝑦𝜊𝑢𝑟 𝒄𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 ࿐ ໋₊ ˖
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𝗜𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗛. . .⠀ ━━━ ⠀WRITING TIPS ❜
𝗂, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗋𝗂𝗍𝖾𝗋, 𝗀𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗂𝗉𝗌 𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝗍𝗈 𝗐𝗋𝗂𝗍𝖾,
𝖽𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗅𝗈𝗉 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾 𓈒 𒀭࣪ ▇▇▇
𝗮𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀.⠀⋆⠀ ݈݇- ⠀ * . * ✶ : · •｡･:*:･ﾟ*⋆.*✹˚𝚂𝚃𝙰𝚃𝚄𝚂: 𝙸𝙽𝙲𝙾𝙼𝙿𝙻𝙴𝚃𝙴
© 𝙲𝙰𝚁𝙳𝙸𝙸𝙰𝙲 , 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟸 -
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I’ve noticed a lot of the same errors between fics on this site. This document is basically just to have something linkable. General advice for hobbyist writers. Note: Rules are meant to be broken.
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Niniejszy poradnik to oczywiście jedynie moje spojrzenie, rozumienie, wnioski. Napisałem go by udostępnić je zainteresowanym i poprzez to potencjalnie pomóc tym, którzy chcą pisać sceny erotyczne [lepiej], bardziej spełniać się w owym zakresie pisarstwa — czy to by zawrzeć trochę smaczku w opowiadaniu, czy to dla własnej przyjemności.
Aktualizacje:
• 18.7.23 - uwaga dla tłumacza w r 2, 4.
• 23.7.23 - r 7 - dodanie uwzględnienia mężczyzn z innymi zaburzeniami płci w jednym z punktów.
• 25.8.23 - r 5 - uzupełnienie info o rozwoju żeńskich genitaliów.
• 4.9.23 - r 4 - dodanie uwagi odn porównań pod koniec.
• 5.9.23 - dodany r 8.
• 16.2.24 - w r 6 dodane "nietrzeźwego" do osądzania, bo osądzanie nie oznacza inherentnie błędnego, uprzedzonego oceniania.
• 19.3.25 - w r 9 dodane kilka info do pkt "Na jakiej zasadzie ludzie się sobie podobają". -
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Writing tips! I take request and whatnot but my English isn’t the best and I might not make sense at times but bear with me.
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- Part 3 of Original Works/No Fandom
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StrawberryC0la's do's and dont's of writing by StrawberryC0la
Fandoms: Biohazard | Resident Evil (Gameverse)
25 Sep 2023
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Экологичная продуктивность и писательский блок: как договориться с собой. by Ranavern
Fandoms: Original Work
21 Mar 2021
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Писательский блок - вещь печально знакомая многим. Эта статья – результат моих размышлений, как сильно влияют на райтблок экологичные взаимоотношения с самим собой и творчеством. Этот текст не только для фикрайтеров – он для всех. Я постарался изложить принципы выстраивания уважительного и осознанного подхода к творческой рутине так, как понимаю это сам. В первую очередь, мне хотелось возвращаться к этим мыслям в минуты усталости самому, но я буду рад, если это понадобится кому-то еще.
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Most general writing advice is, at best, functional but woefully limited, and, at worst, too narrow and more reflective of personal predilections or biases to be of any use. It does not help that so little people have the vocabulary to analyse prose on a technical level.
Rather than provide literary prescriptions, I shall instead proffer this personal repository of prose analyses of various writers that I think are pretty neat. This is both a writer's notebook and a mini-course in prose.
One needs no gurus to advise you on how to write. The best way is, always, to turn to the works of those you deem masters, judge what is on the page, and apply it to your own style.
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Most general writing advice is, at best, functional but woefully limited, and, at worst, too narrow and more reflective of personal predilections or biases to be of any use. It does not help that so little people have the vocabulary to analyze prose on a technical level.
Rather than provide literary prescriptions, I shall instead proffer this personal repository of literary analyses of various writers that I think are pretty neat. This is both a writer's notebook and a mini-course in prose, and perhaps poetry and drama too.
One needs no gurus to advise you on how to write. The best way is, always, to turn to the works of those you deem masters, judge what is on the page, and apply it to your own style.
(revised from my previous discarded attempt - any non-excerpted text is CC0 1.0 Universal)
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An in depth guide on how to best write relationships between trans people and cis people.
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Non-excerpted text is CC0
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The Ultimate Guide to Writing Smut Fic by QuinnAnderson for kali_asleep
Fandoms: Original Work
05 Sep 2013
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A comprehensive guide to writing both queer and het erotic fiction, written by published novelist Quinn Anderson. Includes lists of sexy words, references, and some general writing tips. Please feel free to use without credit.
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Embedding tutorial
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If you take a Carmilla story and crack it open to see what lies at the core, you're going to find a love story. There are certain pieces that make a story Hollstein's love story and others we can throw away. Today, Laura runs a bakery and Carmilla is the firefighter who won't stop coming by the shop to annoy her.
It's amazing to watch annoyance turn to love.
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- Part 23 of 25 Days of Sweetheart
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More information than you ever wanted to know about co-writing, complete with the four kinds of co-writing, why you should co-write, and how to do it. Because we get asked this question a lot.
No really.
It's pretty much the first question everyone asks.
So consider this Meta our answer
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- Part 1 of Writing Metas
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Bookmarked by BloodyAugust
27 Feb 2018
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Meta on How to Write Realistic BDSM by pennypaperbrain
Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
03 Jul 2013
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A meta on how to keep your BDSM fic physically and psychologically realistic. It isn't and can't be a complete guide, but hopefully you will find some useful tips here.
Thanks to havingbeenbreathedout for the beta!
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- Part 1 of Pennypaperbrain's metas
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This is meta is based on my 10 years’ involvement in the London scene. It’s designed to help writers who are including scene elements in their fics, particularly post-A Scandal in Belgravia.
It's probably useful to fandoms other than Sherlock as well, so feel free to link to it.
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- Part 3 of Pennypaperbrain's metas
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Britspeak to Amerispeak by dr_girlfriend
Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms, Teen Wolf (TV), James Bond - All Media Types, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
14 Feb 2016
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Writing a Teen Wolf fic where Derek takes this bloke Stiles to see a film in the cinema before taking him back to his flat to meet his mum? Writing a Sherlock fic where Sherlock meets John at college while studying for a big test so they both get good grades?
If so, you need this Britspeak to Amerispeak directory. I hope to keep adding to it, so feel free to put any instances in the comments that I'm missing so far. This is meant to be GENERAL advice, obviously there will be exceptions, but if you're a Brit writing American characters or an American writing British characters, take a cruise through and see if there are any word usage or spelling errors you might have made! I tagged the fandoms I'm in, but of course it could be helpful to any American or British fandom.
Note: I am American, born and raised, and have lived in almost every part of this country. Feel free to add your comments and suggestions, but if you start it with "Actually, Americans would never..." just know that I am laughing at you right now.
Bookmarked by btsarmydemigodwizard
11 Jan 2019
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A very useful guide
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This is a live example of how an author can create linked footnotes in their work with only a little bit of HTML and no workskins required. This is best viewed by clicking "Entire Work". While I've included the actual coding in bold and italic once you click "Hide Creator's Style", there's a more detailed explanation here.
EDIT 6/28/17: The third chapter now shows how to use anchor links as an index/table of contents.
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- Part 6 of AO3 Work Skins/Tutorials
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Bookmarked by Nonesensed
15 Jun 2019
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How to make footnotes here on AO3!
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This is a tutorial/live example on how to align images to the left or right of the screen and have text wrap around them.
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- Part 13 of AO3 Work Skins/Tutorials
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Britspeak to Amerispeak by dr_girlfriend
Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms, Teen Wolf (TV), James Bond - All Media Types, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
14 Feb 2016
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Writing a Teen Wolf fic where Derek takes this bloke Stiles to see a film in the cinema before taking him back to his flat to meet his mum? Writing a Sherlock fic where Sherlock meets John at college while studying for a big test so they both get good grades?
If so, you need this Britspeak to Amerispeak directory. I hope to keep adding to it, so feel free to put any instances in the comments that I'm missing so far. This is meant to be GENERAL advice, obviously there will be exceptions, but if you're a Brit writing American characters or an American writing British characters, take a cruise through and see if there are any word usage or spelling errors you might have made! I tagged the fandoms I'm in, but of course it could be helpful to any American or British fandom.
Note: I am American, born and raised, and have lived in almost every part of this country. Feel free to add your comments and suggestions, but if you start it with "Actually, Americans would never..." just know that I am laughing at you right now.
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This is a live example of my AO3 skin that allows the author to recreate the look of a newspaper article in their work. To learn more about it, you can find the tutorial here.
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- Part 1 of AO3 Work Skins/Tutorials
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AO3 Work Skins/Tutorials by CodenameCarrot, La_Temperanza
Fandom: Deadpool (Comics), Deadpool - All Media Types, No Fandom, Undertale (Video Game)
18 May 2025
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Bookmarked by blkitty
06 Oct 2019
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How To Change Text on AO3 When the Cursor is Hovering Over It (Or Clicked on Mobile) by La_Temperanza
Fandoms: No Fandom
22 May 2017
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This a tutorial/live example on how to have text change or appear once a cursor is hovering over it. Helpful for pop-up spoilers, language translations, quick author's notes, etc.
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- Part 15 of AO3 Work Skins/Tutorials
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How to Make iOS Text Messages on AO3 by CodenameCarrot, La_Temperanza
Fandoms: No Fandom
10 Apr 2016
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This is a tutorial/live example on how to mimic iOS text messages on AO3 without the need to use images. There's also a chapter on how to have emojis displayed on AO3 as well.
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- Part 3 of AO3 Work Skins/Tutorials
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Bookmarked by Kyra_Gold
14 Jul 2020
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writing tips for ao3 (text messages)
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A Writer's Unofficial Guide to Chinese Naming by FireflyPie
Fandoms: 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
07 Jul 2020
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Want to know how to come up with Chinese names and use them correctly? New to Chinese novels/danmei, and curious about courtesy names and terms of address? Just looking for a glossary of common terms? This guide is for you. Buckle up, kiddos, for a crash course in Chinese naming by yours truly, a Random Writer On The Internet.
Ch. 1: Chinese Names
Ch. 2: Terms of Address
Ch. 3: Glossary - Xianxia/Wuxia Terms of Address
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a work skin that mimics the program Discord (for chatfics or fics that feature use of it!)
made this skin over a couple days; it won't look good on mobile or with creator's style disabled but the html is pretty easy to customise!
(Note: some folks in the comments have been kind enough to share some fixes for a few of the problems!)If you use it, crediting and linking back here so other people can find it is appreciated :)
EDIT: I haven't updated this in quite some time so I'm giving blanket permission for people to share their own fixed and improved versions of the code! Just link back here so people can find some help for how to use it. happy writing!
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Bookmarked by quae_bookmarks
24 Oct 2020
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backup link: https://web.archive.org/web/20210122013932/https://archiveofourown.info/works/12142470?view_adult=true
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The Ultimate Guide to Writing Smut Fic by QuinnAnderson for kali_asleep
Fandoms: Original Work
05 Sep 2013
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A comprehensive guide to writing both queer and het erotic fiction, written by published novelist Quinn Anderson. Includes lists of sexy words, references, and some general writing tips. Please feel free to use without credit.
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Embedding tutorial
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Bookmarked by TatsuyaSuou_Jpeg
30 May 2021
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Super awesome learning how to ember place, how to embed links, how to embed images, coding, code, html, saving this, important, ref, for later
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We all seem to know how to describe penises, but for some reason people tend to struggle more with vaginas.
Wren's tags: supernatural, sam winchester, ruby, samby, rule 64, lesbian, writing tips.
Wren's warnings: Pornographic writing tips.
Archivist's warnings: None.
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Reference for Modao Zushi Writers: Chinese terms by chaoticjoy
Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
07 Sep 2019
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This is to provide a reference for writers who are unfamiliar with Chinese literary conventions or terms used in canon. Hopefully someone will find this helpful.
Prompted by https://three--rings.tumblr.com/post/187301034228/things-the-mdzs-fandom-desperately-needs-if-they