💖 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…
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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…
✨ There is nothing wrong with writing or enjoying the type of fiction that appeals to you. ✨ There is nothing wrong with writing or enjoying mary sues, obvious author self inserts, or overpowered protagonists. ✨ There is nothing wrong[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
first of all– Also afaik what they did was not harassment giving harassment necessitates it happen over a long reoccurring period of time. That’s untrue. A single incident can absolutely constitute harassment. I suppose one could also call it emotional[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hey friend! Yes, I am a writer, you have come to the right place 😉 My advice for you is to explore and discover how other authors and creators have handled these dynamics in the past. ✏️ Seek out fiction[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m gonna say it. It’s unhinged to assume that someone’s taste in fiction equates to what they believe is moral or good, or is something they want to see or experience in real life. That is a bonkers assumption to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My preference when it comes to fiction is to be following the protagonist not because I like them as a person– –but because I have desperate need to find out what the fuck is wrong with this twisted creature and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I agree with you in spirit. The problem is that you actually absolutely *can* make disgust the basis of your morality system– and doing so will powerfully fuck up your mental health, your perception of reality, and your relationship with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💖 You don’t have to justify the types of romantic relationships that you write or enjoy in fiction. 💖 To restate the above– you do not have to justify your ‘ships’. 💖 The types of romantic relationships you write or[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My friend, the fiction didn’t harm you. Your mental illness harmed you. Random writers on the internet are not responsible for managing your mental illness for you. You are responsible for managing your mental illness. I knew while reading that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
thewriterswitch: athenaschild5: when fanfic authors say that they don’t decide what happens in the story that the characters make the decisions i imagine it like this: writer: *sitting down* type type type type *squinting at the screen* type type type[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
moonandris: moonandris: People get busy. Life happens, and we can’t always be super active on our blogs in the ways we want to be (this is where I am currently). These are some things I like to do after I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I think a way to flag a character tag as a “main character”, “supporting character” or “background character” and be able to search by that would massively improve AO3. Like, to be able to search for only fics that flag[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Honestly, that sounds like a really fun idea, especially if woldbuilding is something that you enjoy! 😄
Thank you so much for the compliment, but– I will level with you, pal, we kinda cheat 🤣 a) There are multiple system members for whom writing is one of their primary hobbies, and we also tend to be the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Right? I can’t imagine looking at that picture and not thinking it looked like a sexual act or sexual metaphor. Honestly, maybe all this is so on my mind because recently we were thinking about, and looking for the imagery[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
➡️ Content warnings on fiction are a courtesy. ➡️ Not every medium of fiction and storytelling has or is expected to have content warnings or extensive tagging. ➡️ Print novels do not traditionally warn for content in any way. ➡️[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
GOOGLE DOCS STOP FUCKING DOING THIS RIGHT NOW CHALLENGE.
for the most part “this story about teenagers in high school should be about adults instead” just translates to “My personal comfort zone won’t let me enjoy a story without feeling socially guilty that I’m emotionally connecting with characters that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A few years ago we would not have had a good answer for this question, but having finally got back into fandom writing and really dug into it, I can tell you with clarity the definitive answer. Start with the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
wolveria: kazhan-draws: desperate-not-serious: lorifragolina: eriquin: kedreeva: WIP Wednesday Game It’s WIP Wednesday, time for a little accountability, sharing your work, and getting a kick in the pants. Here’s how it works: In a reblog of this post (so people can[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
WE FINISHED IT. We finished the first draft of the novel! it’s done! it’s in the ground!! Its COMPLETE 💖💖💖 It is in terrible need of editing but it is FINISHED. To anyone who sees this– you can finish your[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We talk a lot about the decline of comment culture in fandom spaces these days, and I recently saw a post that reminded me of my prevailing theory about why that started. I can’t speak for everyone, but I know[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Some realizations that I had about outlining that helped me write: 💫 You don’t actually have to outline the entire story from start to finish. 💫 You can ‘outline’ just by noting down thoughts, elements, scenes or ideas that stand[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
if pro-censorship fans were in the habit of going into bookstores or libraries, or hell–the amazon kindle marketplace– and looking at the content that’s available there, they would perhaps for a moment at least give pause to wonder if they[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Wrote almost another 3k today. There are only about 4 scenes left to write in the novel and I am going insane about it.
🔸Sexual content in fiction should not be treated as worse or more terrible to write or to read about than violent content in fiction. 🔸Normalizing, trivializing and even glorifying violence in fictional content– while othering, and villainizing sexual content– is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
OKAY I HAVE TO STOP POSTING ABOUT WRITING AND DO SOME ACTUAL WRITING BYE FOR NOW I LOVE YOU
“make an outline!” they said “It’ll make your writing easier!” they said. and I hate that they are right. I hate that, for me at least, not having to decide what’s going to happen next while I’m actively staring at[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🔸It’s okay to imagine any fictional scenario. Imagining something bad doesn’t make you a bad person or mean you want it to happen. 🔸It’s okay to write any fictional story. Writing a fictional story about bad things does not make[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hey friend. Honestly I have been in pretty close to your position before. You can get back into it! There are some ways to help ease yourself back in if you have a partner or someone willing to listen to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
⭐Ask about a Fic or AU! Here’s a prompt list for your followers to send questions to your inbox about that fic or AU you’ve been working on! 1– What’s your fic or AU’s relationship to canon? 2– What was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I decided this needed its own post, so– Here’s some context for “"The content of a piece of fiction does not reflect on the morality of its author.” and “Your personal interpretation of the content of a piece of fiction[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
⭐ Fiction writers are allowed to put elements in their work that make their audience uncomfortable. ⭐ Fiction writers are allowed to put elements in their work that are tasteless or crass. ⭐ Fiction writers are allowed to put sexual[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
i just really enjoy fiction about mentally ill, emotionally twisted up criminals and obsessive losers finding bright spots of often fucked up joy in their nasty, grimy lives.
I could successfully use my fiction writing skills to eroticize, romanticize and glorify a ham sandwich. I don’t know why people think you have to approve of topic as a person in order to eroticize (etc) it in fiction. “You[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Whenever I see someone making an argument for banning or restricting fiction about some real aspect of the human experience, like sexuality, rape, csa, abuse, etc– all I see is the pro-censorship crowd as the Marge “it’s true but you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
People who are not legal adults, both children and teens, have sex and sexual, and pseudo-sexual experiences one another. That’s a real fact of the real world, whether someone thinks its good, or moral or not. It is a fact[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💾What is your document of your wip/ a wip called? (not the stories actual title but what you’ve saved it as) 🖍Post Any sentence from your wip? Two sentences, technically. “I was trying to protect you!” the Green Man snapped.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Thank you for the ask!! 🤔What’s a story you’d love to write but haven’t even started yet? We have a victorian era mystery novel starring Victor Frankenstein and Doctor Henry Jekyll as a detective duo in the back of our[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💞 If you keep at it, you will finish writing your story. 💞 You don’t have to write a lot at a time to finish your story. 💞 You don’t have to make sure everything is perfect, or even good[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Another 2.8k of novel writing done today!! we are heading into the final act!! 💞💞💞
Hey anon, thanks for checking in. Here’s a list of people who shouldn’t post on wattpad: ✳️ People who don’t want their writing’s visibility to their audience determined by the algorithm. ✳️ People who don’t want the website they’re on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
WIP excerpt from today’s writing. Can’t believe I’m 85-90% done with this novel! — Money changed hands, and we passed the man, and headed down into the belly of the beast. I wasn’t prepared for what waited for me there,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
❣️All fiction writing is serious writing. ❣️Alternately, no fiction writing is serious writing. ❣️Don’t let people shame you for what you want to write, or tell you you should be writing something else. ❣️You are not ‘wasting’ your talent by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
when you’re all set to write but the music you’ve got on has you too deep in the vibes to start typing.
Another 3k written today. At this pace I should have 6 or 7 days of writing left before the draft is finished. 🤞🤞🤞🤞
The best thing about creating a fictional dystopian society with complex and rigidly enforced social hierarchy or caste system is that you have more narrative opportunities to create romances and relationships which abuse the power of, or pervert and disregard[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Fully re-outlined the back end of the story, and wrote 3k today. It’s all planned out. All I need to do is write about 15-17k more words and the novel’s first draft will be finished.
🖤 Whether or not a taboo, unpleasant, or illegal subject in a piece of fiction has been ‘romanticized’ or ‘glorified’ is an entirely subjective opinion based on a personal reading of the text. 🖤 You cannot assume that an author[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The wild thing about writing fanfiction for a canon source that’s comparatively short is that some day you might have written more of the characters and setting than the original author ever did.
I just wanna get back to my ship fic but we are bound and determined to finish this fucking novel 😭
Wrote 1600 words today. We’re creeping up on a long word count for this novel, but I know a bunch of the early stuff is going to have to be cut, so I’m trying not to worry about it.
I haven’t worked on The Monster’s Name Was Adam (chrisker fic), but when I do we are basically RIGHT at the part where Wesker’s going to come back to life and I am so fucking excited to write that reunion[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🔹 Fictional characters are not real people. 🔹 Fictional characters do not need to be protected from authors. 🔹There is no moral difference between writing about good things happening to a character and bad things happening to a character. 🔹Fictional[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Obsessed with long-form time-travel fix-it fics. There’s absolutely nothing like the power of watching the beaten down hero who’s lost everything to the point beyond saving get the chance to go back and try again. Seeing them return to their[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💖 It’s totally okay to avoid fiction with subject matter that makes you uncomfortable, disgusted, or upset. 💖 It’s never okay to try to force other people to avoid fiction with subject matter that makes you uncomfortable, disgusted, or upset.
💖 It is always okay to write or enjoy fiction that is inspired by or based on other fiction that moves you. 💖 It is always okay to write or enjoy fiction just because you want to spend time with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🟢 You are still a writer even when you haven’t written in a while. 🟢 You are still a writer even when you feel like you aren’t writing enough. 🟢 You are still a writer when you feel like your[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🔹 Someone else’s fiction cannot cause you physical harm. 🔹If someone else’s fiction is causing you emotional or psychological harm, or distress, you can put it down and not read/watch it. 🔹Your emotional well-being is not the responsibility of fiction[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💖 Write fiction without being ashamed of the story you want to tell. 💖 Create characters without feeling embarrassed about the traits you want to give them. 💖 Craft stories without being nervous what other people will think of them.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
✨ Writing slowly does not make your a bad writer. ✨ Needing to do a lot of editing on your writing does not make you a bad writer. ✨ People expressing dislike of the themes and ideas in your writing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Still working hard at the novel! 🦾
lyonneriley: a little depressing
What’s Going On With The NaNopocalyse? What is NaNoWriMo? NaNoWriMo is a yearly event where aspiring writers challenge themselves to write 50,000 words of a novel during the month of November. The challenge was created in 1999. What is the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🔹 It’s okay to create or engage with fiction about whatever topic, theme, or idea that you want to. 🔹It’s okay to create or engage with any fiction you want to for any reason. 🔹It’s okay to enjoy any fiction[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Wooooooooo!!! Let’s GOOOOOOOO. 🎉🎉🎉🎉
‼️ Fiction cannot cause physical harm to someone. ‼️ The only person who should have the power to decide if a piece of fiction is harming you emotionally or psychologically is you. ‼️ Any fiction you feel like you are[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
No no no, don’t you know? Reading and writing fiction with scary topics in it turns you evil through the scary mind controlling power of fiction! You know, like reading Harry Potter caused people to become witches and get possessed,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
❣️ The fiction you write is valuable and important. ❣️ No one else can write the story you came up with the same way that you would. ❣️ No story idea is totally original, it’s okay to tell a story[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
See the thing is that children reading literal porn is already illegal. (in the US.) You don’t need to normalize giving parents the control to restrict their children’s access to reading material to keep kids safe from porn if that’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Because when someone believes that a parent should be able to control their child’s reading material, that means: 👉 they can restrict them from ever seeing material that shows queer or trans characters or depicts being queer or trans in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💖 Writing requires rest. 💖 You cannot be actively writing all the time. 💖 Do not feel bad about needing to take time from your writing to rest. 💖 Rest is an important part of the creative process. 💖 Rest[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Just a heads up for those who like to moralize about what is “legal” or “illegal” in fictional stories– – the American speak of the house is currently talking seriously about trying to repeal the laws that make gay sex[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
ooh! We have this all the time, luckily for fanfic specifically there is a great solution. You take the one scene, or couple of scenes, in your idea that’s the most intense and interesting, and you make a one shot[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
❣️ Don’t be afraid of being earnest in your writing. ❣️ Don’t be afraid of putting your desires and fears in your story. ❣️ Don’t be afraid of writing the story that you want to read. ❣️ Don’t be afraid[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
ambiguouspuzuma: Okay, all of the responses to that Nano post have made me curious… You’re all saying things like ‘yeah 1,667 words is unachievable for me, I write 100 words once a month’ or ‘on a good day I can[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
⭐ There’s no such thing as failure when you’re writing as long as you’re actually getting words on the page. ⭐ Writing that has to be edited or deleted later still gives you practice and makes you a better writer.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
its the nanowrimo official website!
The sign on the platform said Scarford, and it seemed we were only a little south of Leeds. It was the furthest north I had been, and the fresh air, like the day before, seemed to scour my lungs of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🤯 Don’t write stories that you think are boring. 🤯 Leave boring parts out of the story you’re writing. 🤯 If you think the ‘boring parts’ absolutely must be there, then find a way to make them as short and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
deniselavestal-deactivated20231: You gotta write for funsies sometimes. Everything doesn’t have to be groundbreaking. Like. Who cares if it’s a little silly it is made out of love
✏️ Sit down, put the words on the page. ✏️ Sit down, put the words on the page. ✏️ They don’t have to be good words. ✏️ They don’t have to be many words. ✏️ They don’t have to be[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
last line tag I don’t normally do these, but I was unexpectedly tagged by @juliannepepper and figured I might as well! The last line that they posted (link) definitely made me curious about the story. here’s mine, from my NaNo[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
NaNo progress: 3,480 words today, done in 5 group sprints of 15 minutes each, between 9am and 10:45 excerpt: He stood, and his slender form suddenly loomed over me. He waved a gracious hand again. “It was ruined before you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
3,100 words between 9am and 11:20am today for NaNo! excerpt: “Sir, pardon the intrusion– are you injured?” “And what business of it is yours if I am?” he growled with stern suspicion. A cloaked man hidden in an alleyway after[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
nano day 1: 2,800 words. Wrote from 9am-Noon. Not a bad start to the project! The opening is definitely weak and will either need to be heavily re-written or preceded by a more punchy prologue. But that’s a draft 2[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Your first draft is like the “alpha” version of a video game. ⭐ It doesn’t have to be perfect– it doesn’t have to be good. ⭐ It’s not a finished product– no one is going to be judging your finished[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Happy ‘All NaNo’s Eve’!
⭐ Challenge yourself: to write what you want to write, rather than what you think other people want to read. ⭐ Challenge yourself: to write at a pace that works for you, rather than one that will burn you out.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“I like to write about it in fiction” does not mean “I desire it to happen in real life”, and never has. What you want to write about doesn’t necessarily mean anything about you, besides that you want to write[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
👉 Sometimes, what one audience interprets as horror, another audience interprets as romance. 👉 Sometimes, what one audience interprets as romance, another audience interprets as horror. 👉 As an writer, you have to accept that every audience brings their own[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💕 Don’t be afraid of putting your ‘self’ into your writing. 💕 Don’t be afraid of writing what you want. 💕 Guessing at what other people are looking for in a story is always a worse path than writing what[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Things that don’t matter when you’re writing a story: what will critics and detractors say about this? is this as marketable as I can possibly make this? Things that do matter when you’re writing a story: is this story meaningful[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
👉 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…
my personal favorite themes: actually, yes, you can fight fate. You can in fact punch it in the face until it gives up. I used time travel to fix things and after lots of work everyone is alive and happy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
the pro-censorship crowd that loves gore and violence and hates anything to do with sex are so classically puritan. It’s hilarious when it’s not infuriating. Censorship protects the expression of those in power and suppresses the expression of those not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…