Yay!! I didn't realize you were so new to fic writing. I figured you'd been doing it for other fandoms on a different platform. Is your first fic on LJ your first fic, period?
I use AO3 mostly as an archive/backup for when LJ implodes in the middle of the night and everything I've ever written disappears down the memory hole (and because I need it for certain challenges), but it's interesting to see what's popular and try to guess why. My sense is that fluff and M/M pwp do well, and fluffy M/M pwp does best of all--the fic I've gotten the most comments on is fluffy, porny Sassy. in general there are way fewer comments than on LJ, though, and most of the stuff I post gets none, even when it does well with the kudos. Commenting just doesn't seem to be part of the culture there.
No idea how to subscribe to a tag,but I'd totally subscribe to "shotgunning/Supernatural" if I did.
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I use AO3 mostly as an archive/backup for when LJ implodes in the middle of the night and everything I've ever written disappears down the memory hole (and because I need it for certain challenges), but it's interesting to see what's popular and try to guess why. My sense is that fluff and M/M pwp do well, and fluffy M/M pwp does best of all--the fic I've gotten the most comments on is fluffy, porny Sassy. in general there are way fewer comments than on LJ, though, and most of the stuff I post gets none, even when it does well with the kudos. Commenting just doesn't seem to be part of the culture there.
No idea how to subscribe to a tag,but I'd totally subscribe to "shotgunning/Supernatural" if I did.