👉 Any kind of evil you can make a character commit or go through is no worse than torturing your NPCs in a game. 👉 Don’t assume that acts in fiction indicate the real life desires of the author or[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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It’s always okay to use the fiction you write or read to explore negative feelings, experiences, and topics. Stories don’t have to be uplifting or happy, characters don’t have to be virtuous or admirable or relatable. And it’s still okay[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
✨ All fiction is art and has artistic merit. ✨ Yes, including the novel you hid in a drawer. ✨ Yes, including Marvel movies. ✨ Yes, including soap operas. ✨ Yes, including slasher flicks and torture porn. ✨ Yes, including[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
✍️ The goal of creating fiction is not always to craft a story that is comfortable or fun for the reader. ✍️ Likewise, not all readers will find the same subject matter and topics comforting or fun. ✍️ It is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My authorial intent is to tell a cool and exciting story. If my cool and exciting story makes you want to abandon your morals and commit evil acts, that’s your problem, not mine. EDIT: TERFS AND RADFEMS FUCK OFF GET[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You don’t have to apologize, or perform authorial disgust, for dark, violent, sexual, cruel or problematic topics in the fiction you create. Fiction does not exist to teach an audience a moral lesson. You as an author are not required[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…