How to Post on AO3 (Archive of Our Own) + Add Images - A Detailed Tutorial with Timestamps

In this video, I show you how to post a new story on Archive of Our Own (AO3), as well as how to post a new chapter, embed images, and fix some common issues.

Since this is a long video that aims to cover nearly everything, including some common pitfalls and technical issues, I have posted timestamps here so you can skip to the part you need help with the most.

Time-coded Contents:

1:28 - Navigating to the Post New Work page
2:27 - Tagging Your Work
2:47 - Ratings
3:52 - Archive Warnings
4:43 - Fandoms
5:30 - Categories, Relationships, and Characters
10:14 - Additional Tags
12:36 - Preface
12:49 - Work Title and Co-Creators
13:45 - Summary
14:52 - Author's Notes
16:31 - Associations
16:48 - Post to Collections/Challenges
17:11 - Gift this work
17:30 - This work is inspired by another work
18:11 - This work is part of a series
19:02 - This work has multiple chapters
20:25 - Set a different publication date
20:59 - Language and work skins
22:08 - Privacy
23:17 - Work Text
25:16 - Embedding Images
28:38 - Preview and Final Checks
31:10 - Post Your Work
31:47 - Post New Chapter
32:20 - Name, Order, and Date
32:44 - Chapter Preface
33:55 - Chapter Text and Posting the Chapter
34:46 - Removing Chapter 1's Author's Notes from Chapter 2

I am aware that there are a few brief audio glitches and word stumbles here and there, and that's one reason why I fought the Premiere Pro gods to give you the subtitles you deserve. They'll clarify anything confusing about the audio.

Mentioned Resources:

'Write Epic Summaries!' video:    • Write Epic Summaries! Get More Clicks...  
'Write Your Summary!' worksheet:    • Write Epic Summaries! Get More Clicks...  
'All About Author's Notes' video:    • All About Author's Notes! How to Conn...  
Archive FAQ - Collections: https://archiveofourown.org/faq/colle...
'How to Title Your Fanfiction Chapters (and why)' video:    • How to Title Your Fanfiction Chapters...  
A Step-by-Step Guide to Work Skins: https://archiveofourown.org/admin_pos...
Newspaper work skin: https://archiveofourown.org/works/156...
iOS message work skin: https://archiveofourown.org/works/643...
Sudowrites exposé: https://www.wired.com/story/fanfictio...
HTML Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n...

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