Ao3 author curse

An occurence in which a fanfiction author (typically writing on archiveofourown.org) gets into an extremely sticky situation, but said author's first priority is their fanfic. This event commonly leads into an authors note apologising for a hiatus that is obsurdly reasonable.

Examples of "sticky situations" include:
Getting stuck in a flood
Finals for school
Hurricanes taking out power
Pregnancy
Marriage
Accidentally drinking bleach
Having loved ones die
Going on vacation
Having your roommate take of their meds at once
Having your beta reader go to prison
Going to prison
Etc.

Synonyms include "Ao3 author syndrome"

"I started writing fanfiction a week ago and I'm already struggling from the ao3 author curse"

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