Writing Accessibility PSA

Writing Accessibility PSA

Please avoid using long strings of characters as line breaks in your writing - these are not screen reader/TTS friendly!

Every ‘°’ will be read as ‘degree’ - can you imagine how long it takes to read out a string of 25? Let alone more complicated combinations of characters (eg. imagine listening to TTS read out ~*~ |°| ~*~ multiple times per line break)?

A good rule of thumb is to stick with short, 2-3 character line breaks (eg. I don’t find — or *** too egregious to listen to). Your readers can tell there’s been a scene change whether you use two or twenty em-dashes, but if you use twenty, some of us might have to listen for 30 seconds to read the next scene. If you’re more concerned about aesthetics, you can insert an image of your aesthetically pleasing line break with alt text simply reading ‘line break’ for accessibility.

Don’t feel bad if this is something you’ve never thought about before - now you know better and can make your writing more accessible moving forward!

I would like to invite any other screenreader users to add their own thoughts or preferences to this post. We’re not a monolith and there’s a variety to how different softwares interact with repeating character strings and images with alt text, so there’s bound to be some conflicting opinions on what I’ve suggested above. Let’s try to make the stories we share accessible for everyone :]

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2 years ago

I'm sorry women, none of my fic pass the Bechdel Test

Making a drive folder and related spreadsheet of my fanfics so y'all can ask me to have access to them if you don't have an AO3 account (since I locked all my fics for registered users only)

4 years ago

Since I never beta my work, my goal is to find a funny way to say it in the tags.

The typical one I use is “no beta I die like a red shirt”, but last time I used a “no beta I die like Splinter” for a 2012 TMNT fic, and my last DS9 fic I wrote “no beta I die like a Jem’Hadar”.

And idk I think it’s hilarious. I can’t wait to get to my next fic and write something wild.


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2 years ago

The Struggle Between Being an Avid Fic Reader & Being a Fic Writer


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3 years ago
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Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Applies

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3 years ago

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3 years ago
Late Last Year I Wanted To Start A Series Of Short Tutorials Called Tip Jar, As A Way Of Saying Thanks
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Late Last Year I Wanted To Start A Series Of Short Tutorials Called Tip Jar, As A Way Of Saying Thanks
Late Last Year I Wanted To Start A Series Of Short Tutorials Called Tip Jar, As A Way Of Saying Thanks
Late Last Year I Wanted To Start A Series Of Short Tutorials Called Tip Jar, As A Way Of Saying Thanks
Late Last Year I Wanted To Start A Series Of Short Tutorials Called Tip Jar, As A Way Of Saying Thanks

Late last year I wanted to start a series of short tutorials called Tip Jar, as a way of saying thanks to my fans and giving back to my patrons. This is the first of the series I have made, showing my technique on quickly filling in lineart so you can get to painting without coloring outside the lines faster. 

Someday I hope to turn these into video tutorials when I have the income and the time, but for now I hope that I will be able to share useful tips in this infographic format.

Full tutorial image

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3 months ago
A Guide To Designing Wheelchair Using Characters!
A Guide To Designing Wheelchair Using Characters!
A Guide To Designing Wheelchair Using Characters!
A Guide To Designing Wheelchair Using Characters!
A Guide To Designing Wheelchair Using Characters!
A Guide To Designing Wheelchair Using Characters!
A Guide To Designing Wheelchair Using Characters!
A Guide To Designing Wheelchair Using Characters!

A guide to designing wheelchair using characters!

I hope this helps anyone who's trying to design their oc using a wheelchair, it's not a complete guide but I tried my best! deffo do more research if you're writing them as a character


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1 year ago

Can you imagine that buying a iPad and an ApplePen and Procreate would require me to spend at least an entire month at minimum wage for them ?

3 years ago

5 things your character can't do while speaking

Choke. Just think about it, seriously. Think about what choking is and imagine speaking while it’s happening. That would fuckin’ hurt, man.

Hiss. Look, it’s just not possible, okay? No matter how “evil” you want your character to seem.

Snarl. Animals snarls. The Beast from Beauty and the Beast snarls. The Hulk snarls. You know who doesn’t snarl? PEOPLE WHEN THEY’RE SPEAKING.

Shriek. Come on, 99% of the time, “shriek” is not the word you want.Let’s face it: if you put an exclamation point at the end of the sentence, your reader gets the picture. Don’t bring to mind banshees and screaming toddlers.

Sneer. I’m not even going to bother explaining this one. “SNEER” ISN’T EVEN A SOUND.

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