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Today is a wonderful day to remember that resting, taking care of yourself, and allowing yourself to become re-inspired and re-invigorated, is a vital and necessary part of the creative process!
Uuuuuhhhh….. >_> I think we may unfortunately be the wrong person to ask for good advice about this, unless you just want a pep talk. Almost everything we write (and post!) is short fics, drabbles, and fics under a thousand[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My philosophy of drabbles (100 word fics) is the same way as I would approach a sketch. It’s not meant to tell a full story, but rather to provide a single, tantalizing snapshot of a moment, to impress an image[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Age gaps in a romance between characters who initially knew one another when the younger character was fairly young are really fascinating to work through from a character study point of view. When did they know? If the young party[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Keep re-reading this fic hoping that next time there will be more to read– but I’m the author and if I want more I’m gonna have to write it! 😭
I love AO3’s tag system, don’t get me wrong. But I miss 2 things from ffnet. I miss being able to designate and search for a main character, and main ship, and I miss being able to designate and search[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Could I write things that were more popular? Sure, absolutely. Do I want to spend my time and energy writing things that aren’t true to my heart? No.
Letting yourself write and post scenes from your grand masterwork story timeline out of order is so freeing, actually. It removes that evil barrier that makes it feel like it’s impossible to get to the fun parts. The audience doesn’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
that feeling when the stupid fluff scene you want to write demands 300k of preamble.
One of the best compliments I have ever gotten on my writing– which was not intended to be a compliment– was when someone told me that the way I described kissing was “pornographic” and asked me to “tone it down.”[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“it’s bad writing.” “it’s not your best work.” La la la don’t care, I’m having fun, it’s fanfiction.
For writing to happen you need all of these at once: the idea the time the energy the focus Don’t beat yourself up if you’re having difficulty writing because you’re missing one or more components.
reminding myself that I write fic for me and not anyone else as I gleefully upload what is sure to be an unpopular chapter.
Reading more and different interpretations of a thing you want to better understand is always good. When you think about other people’s opinions of a thing you like, it introduces you to new information. Even when you’re reading opinions and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“People mostly write and read very character driven, specific ship focused fic, because what most people want out of fanfiction is to focus on the romance between characters they’re not getting in canon so they can soak in the vibes.”[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One of my favorite things about polyamory fic is that, because a character is having different needs filled by different partners (and serving different needs of different partners), you get to see many aspects of their character that might not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Save me, chessmaster! So I saw a post today about how there’s a certain character who, when viewed from the typical POV of the series protagonist, seems very put together, cool and aloof. But then, when we see material from[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I love flawed, morally dubious characters who don’t realize when they’re in the wrong, and have complex, multi-layered, messy romantic and sexual relationships where they make mistakes, have miscommunications, prioritize their feelings over their partner’s sometimes, and accidentally or even[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
✨ Write the stories you want to write. ✨ Don’t let anyone shame you for the type of stories you write. ✨ Don’t let anyone shame you for writing fanfiction, or for writing any other fiction that isn’t seen as[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
love when I’m writing and an administrative character is ‘doing paperwork’ or ‘looking over his papers.’ Do I know what the papers are or what he’s doing with them? Absolutely not, but the scene is set and you are immersed.
We are a fictive plural system, and we write a lot of fanfiction about our source media. We also have a partner– also a fictive system– who is our writing partner. When the circumstances are right, writing fanfiction based on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
TBH we can’t blame anyone who looks at the writing we’re updating every day and is amazed– it feels like a magic trick. We’ve written with our partner at this pace many times before but this is the first time[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Great question, anon! The answer is– it depends. If I know what I want to/am supposed to write next, but I’m having trouble motivating myself to write my strategy is: get up and do something physical. Take a walk. Do[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What is the best way of tagging in a longfic where Blorbo dates several people over the course of a single story? Immediately tag all ships that Blorbo will be in, even those not written yet. Don’t tag a ship[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today we broke 100k posted in In Justice We Trust! 100k words posted in 29 days. And we’ve got about 10k unposted and ready to edit. 💪
It’s always weird when I go back to re-read and edit a chapter, and I’m all ready for it to suck, and then I actually have that moment, of ‘oh wait, right, this is actually pretty good…’
I treasure all authors and all ways of writing– but I sometimes feel like I’m the only writer in fandom who actually starts longfic with the plot. Like if I just have miscellaneous character vibes and feelings I write a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
More kudos and especially more comments will always spur me on to write faster. “In Justice We Trust” has been getting 7 comments per chapter, so I’ve been putting out a chapter per day. But no amount of lack of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Google docs, you are SO FUCKING CONFUSED. bring back normal fucking spell check!
6,800+ words so far today on In Justice We Trust. The feels are on pause– right now is the mystery. 😂
I hope my audience likes detective work as much as I do, or Sunday’s chapter is gonna be really boring 😂😂😅
How to explain your bizarre, off the wall headcanon to people and make them believe in it— write 150k of fic that leads up to it making sense 🤣
Getting started writing when you first sit down to write and there’s a blank page– whether for a new story, a new chapter, etc– that’s the hardest part of writing for me. This is why I find it easier to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hey friend! We’re always happy to talk and answer questions about writing! First of all, I want to say 800 words in a session is a great wordcount, especially if you can work on your consistency! 800 words a day[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I am not going to write fiction about my trauma in a way that you approve of. I am going to write fiction about my trauma in a way that makes me feel better.
The average, every day person has the same tools to oppose censorship as they have to oppose every injustice. Refuse to be silent about it. Speak up about it. Don’t let voices who champion censorship and oppression go unopposed. Point[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Continuing on the topic of this post about queer coding and if other types of relationship coding exist– Here’s the hell of it. I know this is hard to accept, but– Prior to the modern era, heterosexual incestuous and pedophilic[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Queer coding exists because queer relationships and characters were (and to some degree in some places still are) considered too taboo and too illegal by society to portray directly in fiction. If there are other types of coding that legitimately[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
No, there isn’t. Queer coding is *literally about* stereotypes. Its when you use stereotypes to make your audience assume the character is queer without saying it directly or having them do anything queer. The word you are looking for is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hey friend. I have some news that you probably won’t actually like. “Queer coding” is when a writer gives a character culturally stereotypical gay traits, but the character isn’t actually said out loud to be queer, or allowed to do[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Oh. Ooog. Urgh… 😅😅😅 I’m sorry, anon, character writing is probably the only area of writing where we are unqualified to give advice to people. “Have 25 different people in your head and use them as a "commedia dell’arte” style[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💖 You don’t have to write for a specific audience. 💖 You don’t have to write for any audience. 💖 You don’t have to write for mass market appeal. 💖 You don’t have to know who your audience will be.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
the thing about me is I personally absolutely love and celebrate stories where crossing taboos is done as an act of love and devotion, and I personally prefer to tread lightly with or avoid stories about crossing taboos as an[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Moderation is only relevant in a setting where rules of moderation are imposed. For example, no one in the publishing industry is forced to publish a book that doesn’t conform with their rules. That’s moderation. However if the government attempted[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Stop using the word “criticism” as a shield to excuse yourself when you attack and harass writers on a personal level. Saying “you, the author are a monster, and your fiction is destroying society” is an attack, not a literary[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve never said that they’re not, and it’s fascinating and telling on yourself that you would suggest that I have. I am a constant advocate for real, deep media analysis and media literacy. What I am not an advocate for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As much as people like to parrot “ACAB” and consider their job done, most people– especially people raised with evangelical values– have not done the work of unlearning legalism and understanding morality through the lens of actual harm. To these[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Listen. I don’t believe that seeing acts of evil glorified or romanticized in fiction causes human beings to choose to do evil. But even if I did believe that, I still believe that any amount of censorship of art and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Thankful every day for the sheer volume of writing I can get done with my partner’s help. <3
Do you genuinely believe that people should be allowed the choice to do good or to do evil? Or do you actually believe that people should have no choice but to act in a way you personally consider moral. Because[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Censorship of some topics in fiction and art is good and I would be happy if it were to be enacted in a way I approved of” and “some things should be banned from ever being written or read about[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You cannot blackmail writers and artists into creating the way you want them to by holding your approval hostage. I mean both: you have a social obligation not to attempt to blackmail writers and artists into creating the way you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There is no reason to hold fanfiction to an imaginary moral standard of censorship that doesn’t apply to published media. Any horrible, twisted, taboo material you can find in fanfiction, you can find in published novels, movies, games, etc. You[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the thing about the argument that fiction the argument that “fiction that portrays bad evil wrong things as good will result in the audience believing that bad evil wrong thing is good in real life.” When fiction impacts us,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Actually you do not need to respect the creator or their intentions for the characters when writing fanfiction or shipping. That’s kind of the whole point of fanfiction and shipping– doing what you want with the material without regard to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
✨ Write and read the stories that you want to. ✨ Write and read the horror and violence that you want to. ✨ Write and read the romance that you want to. ✨ Write and read the ships that you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
as far as I know there is no ‘rule of style for this as of yet. Personally, I would use either parentheses (text) or brackets [text] or more likely I would describe what the person was signing, rather than using[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The world is never worse for having your fiction writing in it. Every story you choose to tell and share improves the world a little bit.
If you see a post promoting freedom of artistic expression and denouncing censorship and your first instinct is that OP must be a pedophile and that you need to attempt to discredit their post with the same kind of ‘child[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
☝️ Writing in fiction about an evil, disgusting, immoral or illegal act does not mean that you believe it is good or should be allowed in real life. ☝️ Reading in fiction about an evil, disgusting, immoral or illegal act[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
♠️ I believe in your right to create fiction that I don’t enjoy. ♠️ I believe in your right to create fiction that I think would be better if it was different somehow. ♠️ I believe in your right to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What’s killing comments in fandom? The decline of comment culture is something I talk about a lot, however, I didn’t expect a personal rant about the subject to blow up into a 20k+ note post. However, that same post blowing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Good/constructive critique is critique that helps you strengthen your story by making it better as the story that YOU want to tell. Any critique you receive that tells you that you should change the story in ways that take away[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Queer coding” exists because for a long time it was unacceptable or outright banned to depict characters who were states to be, or implicitly queer. Therefore authors had to sneak depictions of queer characters in through coding with plausible deniability.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here’s the secret– authors love getting plain emoji, keymashes, and quotes from their fic as comments. You don’t have to say something meaningful. Just some reaction to tell us that you read it and liked it is appreciated. When we[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Seeing all the people tag/reblog our post with some variant of “I’m too anxious to leave comments” is very validating about our thesis for why people have stopped interacting with fandom. I think this comment sums it up nicely. And[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
❣️ “Shipping” characters means that you are interested in the idea of what it would be like if characters were involved in a romantic or sexual relationship with each other. ❣️ Shipping something does not mean that you think that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
People used to comment on web comics. People used to comment on fanfiction. People used to comment on fanart. People used to comment on OCs. I hate “content” culture. I hate “consuming content” and scrolling immediately to the next thing.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“But why would you want to imagine, read or write about a relationship that wasn’t healthy, good or desirable to you personally?” I genuinely don’t know how to explain the concept of fiction to you.
Actually, friend, freedom of expression does mean that it’s okay to ship anything you want. It’s imaginary. It’s not real. ☝️ You’re not obligated as a writer to exclusively write about healthy, normal relationships and sane, moral actions. ☝️ Fictional[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So you’re stuck trying to solve a writing problem. Maybe you’re trying to figure out what comes next in a scene. Maybe you’re trying to work out how a conversation should flow. Maybe you’re just trying to come up with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Last Line Game tagged by @dear-massacre RULES: Post the last sentence you wrote (fanfic /original/other) and tag as many people as you want. This one is also hot off the press as we are currently writing with our partner atm.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hey quick question!! how would someone be able to not read a fic with triggering shit in it without a warning without reading the shit that will trigger them? Simple. Don’t read fics that don’t have trigger warnings. Don’t watch[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hi anon! Thank you for asking this question. I’m going to answer it in a kind of grumpy tone, but I promise I am not grumpy at you! is it okay to depict unhealthy relationships in fiction (ie minor/adult) when[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Fictional stories and inside your imagination are the only places where you explicitly do not have to be responsible, careful or thoughtful of others. Do whatever you want in fiction and your imagination forever. No one is harmed. You are[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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📝 It’s normal and understandable to want your writing to be read. 📝 It’s normal and understandable to want a see a response from the people who read your writing. 📝 It’s normal and understandable to be motivated to write[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You are always free to talk about your writing as much as, and at the level of depth that, you want to. But you never, ever owe anyone an explanation for why you write the fiction that you do, or[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
TL;DR: people are afraid of attempting interaction, because they are worried they will receive negative interaction in return. A culture has been fostered where many tumblr users, especially in young fandom, expect and rightly assume that they will be critiqued[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Controlling and restricting the things people are allowed to write or read about in fiction is authoritarian. Restricting the way, manner and style people are allowed to write about things in fiction is authoritarian. Censorship is always bad. Always.
“You shouldn’t write that because readers might think that it was okay to do in real life.” A person with secure morals will never be convinced to do harm by a mere piece of fiction. “Okay but mentally ill people[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You don’t have to interact with a piece of fiction that you know will be upsetting to you. If you interact with a piece of fiction despite knowing it might be upsetting for you, don’t fucking blame the author about[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
♥️ It’s okay to write or read about sex and romance. ♥️ It’s okay to write or read about sex without romance. ♥️ It’s okay to write or read about romance without sex. ♥️ It’s okay to write or read[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Why do you believe that people have such fragile morals they will be corrupted by a piece of fiction? Are your morals that fragile? Why do you believe that reading fiction about harm will cause the people who read it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
✏️ There is no reason to assume that an author’s intention with dark elements and evil characters is to sway their audience into believing that those things are good. ✏️ There is no reason to assume that every dark element[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“proship” is an ideology that means “ship and let ship”. It is the opposite of “antiship” which means “against shipping.” Normal fans sometimes use the term to refer to themselves, to make it clear that they do not harass other[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
someone said: “I don’t want to live in a world where people write nasty fiction about (insert horrible thing here, such as murder, rape, csa, etc)…” ☝️ Understandable, but we all live together in a world where all of these[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
First of all– the binary “for horror” vs “for romance” idea is completely fake. Just take a look at the slasher villain fandom. You can put elements in for horror all you want and people will still be turned on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Pro-censorship, pro-harassment “fans” who go around cyberbullying women and queer writers over so-called “problematic” ships are the reincarnations of victorian era quacks who believed that reading novels would destroy a lady’s morals. They’re conservatives who consider women ‘weak willed’ and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I am so glad that they are inspiring to you, and I’m so glad that you’ve gotten the courage to write again! People–especially authority figures– who squash the creativity of others are inexcusable in my mind. We had a similar[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🖤 Your story idea is not too weird to write or share. 🖤 Your story idea is not too self-indulgent to write or share. 🖤 Your story idea is not too embarrassing to write or share. 🖤 Your story idea[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Absolutely true, anon! In fandom, with recent fanworks, it is often possible to reach out to the author and ask them if certain material is in their fiction. Sadly, with older fanfic, and with printed media the author might not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
⭐ It is common, courteous and good practice in fandom circles to use content warnings for things that you know are major, common potential triggers. ⭐ Not all fiction warns for potential triggering content. Most published fiction does not warn[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💖 Write the fiction that you want to write. 💖 Write any fiction that you want to write. 💖 Don’t let other people discourage you from writing the fiction that you want to write. 💖 You are never a bad[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
They simply do not. They believe everything should be accessible to them personally. They prioritize their own demands for comfort as an audience over the artistic choices of the creator. They lack self control to put down and stop engaging[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…