#ficwip was born on January 10, 2018. It was a driving-to-work idea that evolved from a weekly author chat called Coffee Shop Sunday that I ran as part of the Spock Prime Big Bang in 2014. On Sundays, authors would share excerpts from their fics, vent frustrations, and answer random writing questions. You might recognize the formula.From the start, #ficwip has welcomed writers from all fandoms. The original #ficwip, a Twitter event where writers shared an excerpt from any fic they were working on, ran weekly until the summer of 2020.Our Discord launched in September 2019. During the pandemic, I took our favorite procrastination game #wordgamewednesday to Twitter. It turned out to be popular, so I've kept it up ever since! In 2020, we hosted our first event: the #ficwip 5k, an all-fandoms AU challenge. It continues to run annually along with All Ships Week and Hey, Sweetheart.—muse

FAQs
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How do you pronounce #ficwip?
It's pronounced "fic + whip." The hashtag is silent.How is it formatted?
Just like you see it: #ficwip or ficwip (or @ficwip, if you're talking about our social media).Always lowercase, always one word.Do you really allow all fandoms and ships?
We do! We've been inclusive from the start. All writers deal with similar struggles, so even if we don't read each other's work, we can support each other's creativity.Why do you use space images for everything?
A few reasons. I've been in a few sci-fi fandoms, space is vast like fandom, and ficwip's motto used to be "a space for creators." Plus, NASA releases all of their space images for free, which makes finding stock easy!

The 5k

Posts every AugustWrite any AU in no more than 5,000 words!Event Info

All Ships Week

October 19-25, 2026The ship week for all ships, every last one of them.Event Info

Hey, Sweetheart

February 2027Use the pet name "sweetheart" in fic or art.Event Info

Our discord is a casual all-fandoms community for writers, artists, and crafters. Stop by to sprint, workshop a sentence, fill a prompt, or talk with other creative people!

To join, you must be comfortable politely interacting with people who make stuff you're not into. We follow the old-school fandom rules here: don't like, don't read; your kink is not my kink; and ship and let ship. Our discord is 18+Please read through our community rules in full to make sure we'd be a good fit.

(There's a quick application step to keep out bots. We're just checking that you're a real person!)