It’s a harder question admittedly. There’s definitely a different moral argument than playing with fictional characters. I don’t believe that people SHOULD necessarily be writing porn or graphic murder fantasies of regular people they know IRL and spreading them online[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Important NaNoWriMo reminders: ✍️ Avoiding burnout is your most important goal as a writer. ✍️ Taking care of yourself is more important than meeting arbitrary word counts and deadlines. ✍️ Every time you take care of your mental and physical[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Proship and anti are reductive words that let fandom mean girls bully artists and authors by obscuring their meaning behind niche terminology. I’m in favor of freedom of expression. I am in favor of art. I believe that banning topics[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…
“I don’t want to read this” is totally valid. “This is disgusting to me” is totally valid. “I don’t want to read this because it is disgusting to me” is totally valid. “I don’t think anyone should be allowed to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Let’s talk about how to think about the artistic merit inherent in smut and pornography. Smut and porn have the same amount of artistic merit and worthiness as every other kind of fiction, and can be interrogated in the same[…]↓ 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…
When people– and especially young women– are attracted to “abusive” and “controlling” and “violent” male characters in fiction– The fantasy is not about being abused, or controlled. The fantasy is about a partner who is devoted to you, who takes[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
With NaNo approaching please remember: 💌 It’s okay to work hard to meet a wordcount. 💌 but it’s also okay to write at your own pace. 💌 Being able to write a lot in a short amount of time is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Critical” does not automatically mean “negative.” Thinking critically about something is not the same as (colloquially) criticizing it. “Thinking critically” on a piece of media does not mean deciding that you know all the “bad” elements of it and that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💫 It’s okay to write fiction you would not want your grandmother to see. 💫 Different stories are for different audiences. 💫 You do not have to appeal to everyone. 💫 Don’t sacrifice the story you want to tell for[…]↓ 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…
♦️ Your fiction is worthwhile. ♦️ Your fiction is art. ♦️ Your fiction has artistic merit and value. ♦️ Your fiction is important. ♠️ Even if people call your writing worthless. ♠️ Even if people call your writing disgusting. ♠️[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
versegm: A thing folks should know is that it’s near-impossible to tell from someone’s writing alone whether something is a fetish, some trauma they’re processing, self-projection, or any combination of the above. And that’s why arguments such as “x thing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
marshemillow: Ever notice how everyone appreciates art, but nobody appreciates artists? How much art do we see everywhere all the time? We watch movies and tv shows, read books, look at paintings and read comic books and graphic novels, some[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sometimes you get hit by inspiration and an idea just downloads itself fully formed into your head and you have to actually do it. You don’t have a choice, you’re a slave to the inspiration bonk.
“This romance novel damaged my delicate woman brain and now I need to have my innocence restored via paternalistic medical braindamage.” WOW THAT SOUNDS SO PROGRESSIVE! Lets hear what John Kellogg, inventor of cornflakes and noted hater of masturbation has[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
coldgoldlazarus: sandersstudies: sandersstudies: sandersstudies: sandersstudies: Every 21st century piece of writing advice: Make us CARE about the character from page 1! Make us empathize with them! Make them interesting and different but still relatable and likable! Every piece of classic[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🎉 Write characters that you find interesting and compelling. 🎉 Don’t worry about making characters too over the top, or ‘too much’. 🎉 Write characters who want big things. 🎉 Write characters with conflict between what they want and what[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🌺 All art and fiction should be self indulgent. 🌺 Allow your being and your ideas and your heart to come through in your art and writing. 🌺 Create what moves you. Create what is truthful to you. Create what[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Maybe you should stop “consuming content” and try “engaging with media” instead. Reframe your interaction from passive consumer to active participant in the media you engage with.
⭐ There is no problem with adults writing stories about child characters. ⭐ There is no problem with adults writing stories about child characters for an audience that isn’t children. ⭐ There is no problem with adults writing stories about[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
♠ Ugly art has value. ♠ Ugly fiction is art. ♠ Art and fiction can reflect the ugliness of the world. ♠ Writers and artists don’t have an obligation to tell you what parts of their art are supposed to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
kaileythepoet: I hope all writers are having a good day.
💖 Coddle your darlings instead of killing them. 💖 Create self-indulgent works of fiction. 💖 Write the stories you want to see in the way you want to see them. 💖 Luxuriate in detail and description when you want to.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💬 You are allowed to use diverse ‘said tags’ in your writing. 💬 You are allowed to not use said tags, or use them sparingly in your writing. 💬 You are allowed to use adverbs in your writing. 💬 You[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I guess I respect the balls on this person to both be in favor of machine generated output and also completely recognize that what the machine turns out is unreadable dogshit. But wow I hate that.
Look, I’m going to be honest, I don’t care whether people feeding other fans’ fanfiction into AI is “legal” or “illegal”. What it is, is rude, entitled, and disrespectful of your fellow fans.
🌠 An author writing something that someone else not forced to read is not harassment against the person reading it. 🌠 An author writing something about trauma or abuse has nothing to do with an unconnected reader’s trauma or abuse.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If you don’t hear this often enough, I want you to hear it now. Fiction helps people. Fanfiction helps people. Fandom helps people. Fiction and fanfiction and fandom are not lazy or pointless. You’re not a bad person for making[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
cosette141: What is the most enjoyable part of the writing process for you? thinking of an idea *to* write… and getting one! encountering story problems… but then figuring out story solutions the actual writing: characters, emotions and dialogue the actual[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🌟 Fiction isn’t brainwashing. 🌟 Enjoying dark, abusive or disturbing fiction doesn’t override your morals or willpower. 🌟 Fiction doesn’t turn people into criminals or abusers.
I think the term “mary sue” is best used exclusively as a self-applied joke. Holding characters (male or female) to some weird and rigid standard is not useful for any kind of real storytelling, and only serves to make people[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If anyone is curious how we do outlines, I organized the outline for the first half of the third book of Chronocide (extremely AU time travel based spy-thriller vaguely based on MGS starring my self insert OC) this morning. opening[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hi friend! I’m happy to tell you that you, like many other people are misinformed. Original fiction is absolutely allowed on Archive of Our Own. There is in fact, a canonical works tag for it that you can see right[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
📖 It’s okay to write fiction that is florid, verbose, lengthy and extremely descriptive. 📖 It’s okay to write fiction that isn’t. 📖 Many people like to read fiction that is florid, verbose, lengthy and extremely descriptive. 📖 Many people[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Enemies to Lovers things 🔪 The character collapsing wounded on their enemy’s doorstep because they didn’t know where else to go. 🍆 That awkward moment when they realize during physical combat that they’re really turned on. 👊 That moment of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We have 60+ years of comic books exploring exactly how destructive to your health, emotional well-being and personal relationships trying to save the world is. Unfortunately we also have 60+ years of comic books exploring exactly what happens if you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I think it is really indicative of what our society considers virtuous that ‘you have been fighting for so long, why don’t you put down your sword and rest’ is so often used in fiction by the villain as a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💥 It’s great to write fiction that’s weird. 💥 It’s great to write fiction that provokes disgust. 💥 It’s great to write fiction that’s difficult to understand. 💥 It’s great to write fiction that crosses social boundaries. 💥 It’s great[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Win for today: Finished the re-write of the beginning of Chronocide: Snow Drift which had been lost during the Skype disaster. The whole rest of the novel has to be re-written anyway, but at least it is *technically* complete now.
♦ It’s good to write fiction and make art about queer characters. ♦ It’s good to write romantic fiction and make romantic art about queer characters. ♦ It’s good to write sexual fiction and make sexual art about queer characters.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
✨Do not allow anyone to guilt or shame you out of creating the art or writing that moves you, speaks to you, or brings you joy.✨
It’s okay to write about whatever you want. Write what moves you. Write what interests you. Write what you’re curious about. Write what is fascinating and disgusting to you. Write to discover what will happen. Your writing does not have[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
That is so extremely relatable. Like, why can’t I just sit here and daydream vividly and words happen on the page. Why do I have to sit and concentrate and make active choices about what words to use and what[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
That is the biggest fucking mood, honestly. Deciding on which project to work on is the worst, especially as a system. Me and Toko had to duke it out this time and we ended up with a project that’s got[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🌠 It’s okay to take inspiration from other works of fiction. 🌠 It’s okay to see a plot and decide to write your own take on it. 🌠 There is nothing wrong with writing works that are heavily inspired by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🌠 It’s okay to take inspiration from other works of fiction. 🌠 It’s okay to see a plot and decide to write your own take on it. 🌠 There is nothing wrong with writing works that are heavily inspired by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
chucktaylorupset: wantonlywindswept: chucktaylorupset: *emerges from the other room covered in blood* you should see the word document does it look like this i was picturing this as after a successful writing jaunt but this is so much darker darkheart-despairs
chucktaylorupset: wantonlywindswept: chucktaylorupset: *emerges from the other room covered in blood* you should see the word document does it look like this i was picturing this as after a successful writing jaunt but this is so much darker
toxic masculinity in fiction is so sexy actually. Yes, give me the broken men who can’t relate to their own emotions and only manage to emote in a human way once they’ve broken. Give me the men who keep pushing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
toxic masculinity in fiction is so sexy actually. Yes, give me the broken men who can’t relate to their own emotions and only manage to emote in a human way once they’ve broken. Give me the men who keep pushing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
☯️how do you think engaging with each other through tumblr, twitter, comments, kudos, creates healthy fandom experiences? How do you deal with that if you’re not a social person/experience social anxiety? Honestly the best thing about interacting with other people[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Being able to express the ideas that are in our head and share them with people. we have so much going on in our head all the time; if we didn’t get some of it on the page we’d probably[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
☯️how do you think engaging with each other through tumblr, twitter, comments, kudos, creates healthy fandom experiences? How do you deal with that if you’re not a social person/experience social anxiety? Honestly the best thing about interacting with other people[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Being able to express the ideas that are in our head and share them with people. we have so much going on in our head all the time; if we didn’t get some of it on the page we’d probably[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🔹 You are allowed to write fiction in whatever style you want. 🔹 Your fiction writing does not have to conform to academic writing standards. 🔹 You are allowed to repeat words. 🔹 You are allowed to use dialects, incomplete[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🔹 You are allowed to write fiction in whatever style you want. 🔹 Your fiction writing does not have to conform to academic writing standards. 🔹 You are allowed to repeat words. 🔹 You are allowed to use dialects, incomplete[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🔷 Art and creativity can be just for fun! 🔷 Even art and creativity that depicts sex, suffering, harm and/or taboo topics. 🔷 Its okay for art to be just for fun! 🔷 Art for its own sake is still[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🔷 Art and creativity can be just for fun! 🔷 Even art and creativity that depicts sex, suffering, harm and/or taboo topics. 🔷 Its okay for art to be just for fun! 🔷 Art for its own sake is still[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
writingdotcoffee: “You don’t start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it’s good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That’s why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.” — Octavia[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
writingdotcoffee: “You don’t start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it’s good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That’s why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.” — Octavia[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🌟 It’s okay to make bad art. 🌟 It’s okay to make art in bad taste. 🌟 You have a right to make art that others consider to be of poor quality. 🌟 You have a right to make art[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🌟 It’s okay to make bad art. 🌟 It’s okay to make art in bad taste. 🌟 You have a right to make art that others consider to be of poor quality. 🌟 You have a right to make art[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You should write! 😀 Even if it’s just little snippets. Even if you don’t think anyone besides you will like it. You should write! <3 I’m so happy to hear our prompts inspire you! darkheart-despairs
You should write! 😀 Even if it’s just little snippets. Even if you don’t think anyone besides you will like it. You should write! <3 I’m so happy to hear our prompts inspire you!
based on a no longer available prompt by @\grey-wardens-dont-have-dental. 10 prompts have been added, and one has been removed, and the list has been reformatted. –good morning. –goodnight. –hello –goodbye. –where it hurts. –where it doesn’t hurt. –on each eyelid.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Send me a Ship and a Number and I will Write a Kiss based on a no longer available prompt by @grey-wardens-dont-have-dental. 10 prompts have been added, and one has been removed, and the list has been reformatted. –good morning.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
♦️ If you wrote a piece of fiction… ♦️ If you wrote some lines of poetry or a song… ♦️ If you painted, drew, or doodled something… ♦️ If you edited pieces of something else preexisting in a way that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
♦️ If you wrote a piece of fiction… ♦️ If you wrote some lines of poetry or a song… ♦️ If you painted, drew, or doodled something… ♦️ If you edited pieces of something else preexisting in a way that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
✨ Your art and creative works matter! ❤️ Create the art that you want to, no matter what anyone else says. 🌺 Every creative work speaks to someone. Every work of art is the art that someone needed to see.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
✨ Your art and creative works matter! ❤️ Create the art that you want to, no matter what anyone else says. 🌺 Every creative work speaks to someone. Every work of art is the art that someone needed to see.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🌟 You can write whatever fiction you want to. 🌟 You should write whatever fiction you want to. 🌟 There are no limits to the fiction you should write. 🌟 Your fiction does not have to teach a moral lesson.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🌟 You can write whatever fiction you want to. 🌟 You should write whatever fiction you want to. 🌟 There are no limits to the fiction you should write. 🌟 Your fiction does not have to teach a moral lesson.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Your creative work is meaningful. Your creative work is important. Your creative work should be shared with the world. 💕 Even if it’s off-putting or weird. 💕 Even if it’s ‘just’ fan work. 💕 Even if some people vocally hate[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Your creative work is meaningful. Your creative work is important. Your creative work should be shared with the world. 💕 Even if it’s off-putting or weird. 💕 Even if it’s ‘just’ fan work. 💕 Even if some people vocally hate[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
👉 The fiction you write, the art you create, the ships you enjoy; none of them have to please anyone but yourself. darkheart-despairs
👉 The fiction you write, the art you create, the ships you enjoy; none of them have to please anyone but yourself.
🫵 You are allowed to create any kind of dark fiction. 🫵 You are allowed to enjoy it. 🫵 You do not need permission.
tumblr is such a functional website that for some reason when yo search “writeblr” and sort by most recent posts, for some reason a huge number of 10 month old posts from a single the Sims blog are mixed in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💘 It’s okay to write about toxic, unhealthy and illegal relationships in fiction. 💘 There is nothing wrong with enjoying toxic, unhealthy, or illegal relationships in fiction. 💘 Its okay even if someone accuses you of ‘romanticizing’ or ‘glorifying’ toxic,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
silvergryphon: faustandfurious: Basic rules for analysing fiction, an incomprehensive list jotted down in a hurry: The protagonist isn’t always right The protagonist isn’t always good The protagonist isn’t always written to be relatable or likeable The narrator isn’t always right[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💫 Create and share whatever fiction and art that you want to. 💫 Even if you think no one else is interested. 💫 Even if you think it’s unmarketable. 💫 Even if you think people will call it self-indulgent. 💫[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
⭐ There’s nothing wrong with writing fiction with dark and awful themes and elements. ⭐ There’s nothing wrong with enjoying fiction with dark and awful themes and elements. ⭐ There’s nothing wrong with enjoying writing fiction with dark and awful[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
writer’s block (dry) = no desire to write, no ability to write (bearable) writer’s block (wet) = HUGE desire to write, no ability to write (very evil) blackheartxbiohazards
🌠 It’s okay to write or enjoy that type of fiction. 🌠 Yes, that type of fiction, too. 🌠 Yes, even that type of fiction. 🌠 Yes, the type of fiction you’re thinking of right now. 🌠 Yes, the fiction[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
⭐ censorship is not when someone says “hey this piece of media sucks.” ⭐ censorship is not when someone says “hey this piece of media sucks so I suggest you avoid it.” ⭐ censorship is when someone says “hey this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
when you’re working on a horror novel and you’re seized by a steampunk adventure mood. V_V Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
blackheart-biohazards: 💘 Romance writers’ work is worthwhile and meaningful. 💘 Smut and erotica writers’ work is worthwhile and meaningful. 💘 Romance, smut and erotica writers are not lesser writers. Their work is not less meaningful or less valid than any[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💖 There is nothing wrong with writing about sex. 💖 There is nothing wrong with writing erotica or smut. 💖 Not all writing about sex is erotica or smut. 💖 Fiction about sex has just as much artistic merit as[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
⭐ There is no problem with adults writing stories about child characters. ⭐ There is no problem with adults writing stories about child characters for an audience that isn’t children. ⭐ There is no problem with adults writing stories about[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
💖 It’s okay to create any art or fiction that you want to, for any reason. 💖 It’s okay to enjoy any art or fiction that you enjoy, for any reason. 💖 Your taste in art and fiction do not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Imagine if we made the same assumptions about people that fancops make about people who enjoy underage and shipcest stories about people who enjoyed other types of fiction. 👉 “you like slasher films? you’re either a killer just waiting for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
🔸 It’s okay to write fiction for a small audience. 🔸 It’s okay to write fiction you don’t think many people will understand and connect to. 🔸 It’s okay to write fiction that isn’t intended to be mass market or[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
mr-iskender: The ‘write for yourself uwu’ culture shift has done real damage to fic writers imo. I recently had a post on the importance of strategic commenting break containment and I’m surprised by how many strangers who rb it in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is what fancops don’t understand. For some reason they assume writing about crashing the car will make you want to crash the car, instead of the other way around. Source: xxblackheartbiohazardsxx
🔹 It’s okay to struggle with your writing. 🔹 Every writer sometimes struggles with their writing. 🔹 It’s okay to struggle to get words on the page. 🔹 It’s okay to feel like your writing is not up to your[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…