Place to discuss, rec, and generally squee over fan fiction about Steve Rogers and Tony Stark
Thursday: Weekly Writer's Assistance
While imzy is still missing the functionality of displaying when a post has new comments, we’re offering the writing assistance thread now on a weekly basis!
Need help with creating the atmosphere for that sleazy bar Tony likes to hang out in? What would a college student in the 1980s spent his money on? Looking for someone to help beta read your fic or just cheer you on? Ask a weird question that now taints your search history (Don’t we all have those? I once spent three hours researching the rent prices in Paris in the early 2000s) but still have not found the answer to? Would you like to share a great resource that you found recently?
Feel free to direct all your questions here, no judgement, no shame :)
Handy Resources (previously shared by @ChibiSquirt)
- Info on Steve’s Medical Forms
- Words, words & words
- Pricing of things you’d rather not google
- How to create conflict in a story
- Writing anti-heroes, villains and antagonists
- Avoiding “very”
- Twenty basic plots
- Steve’s art and reading list
- SciFi and technical terms
Other things the resident Stevetony writer might find useful:
- Avengers Assemble: SteveTony Episode Guide by @boop
- An Unbelievably Abridged Guide to 616 Stevetony by @boop
See our permanent Writing Assistance post which already contains a lot of great info and beta offers!





Got a question! I'm writing a thing, and I was wondering whether anyone knows how old 616!Tony was when the Avengers found Steve?
Huge grain of salt since I'm not too firm on 616 yet, but I remember something about them being closer in age, Tony being in his early 30s or so?
Your favourite things to listen to when you're writing? Do you have special playlists, is there an ambient sound you love or do you need absolute silence?
Personally, I love writing to Ambient Mixer (especially recommending the Hogwarts House and LotR ones) and Rainy Mood, but I also have a few music playlists on Spotify for different fandoms
As someone who speaks literally not one word of Chinese, I've been listening to a lot of Chinese pop (?) music lately. The music is powerful and evocative, the ladies' voices lovely, and the words don't get in the way of the words in my head because I have no idea what they are. :)
Sometimes silence is good and I don't even feel like I'm miss the music, but most of the time I'll listen to a playlist or even a song that I'll play on loop for a given scene. And Rainy Mood is great!