psa >> if you read fanfic
Fanfiction is not free. Writers put in crazy hours and effort into every post - plots, outlines, characterisation, editing, everything. Sure, we do it because we want to, but our enthusiasm cannot be one sided.
All of writer Stayblr will tell you this, but smut Stayblr has it the worst. I’ll say it : you guys are here just for the fucks.
Show us that you’re reading our work, at least. Our follower counts hit wild numbers, but we struggle to hit 30 notes on fics. Fuck, if you like it and have a rec blog, reblog it. Please reblog. And if you reblog, please tell us how you like it in the tags. Give us reactions - in the tags, in the comments, in the reblogs, in our asks, anything. We can’t write 10 fics a month when we don’t even know if you enjoy our work.
Give us reactions; is that too much to ask? Fuck, we shouldn’t have to beg for it like this.
Our inboxes are open all day - I know a lot of us seem too intimidating to send casual asks and that’s alright - but there’s not a single ask telling us they liked/disliked a fic. Feedback is important. Reactions are important. Numbers on Tumblr stats don’t matter as much.
But nope. You don’t bother unless we’re opening requests, and then there’s 20 asks within an hour. It’s almost as though - gasp - you don’t care about us as writers, you’re just here to get off to your pretty idols.
There’s nothing in our inboxes unless it’s request season, but what happens when we write those requests? How many of you drop back in to tell us you liked what you requested? Or didn’t like what you requested? Fuck that, how many of you ask politely when you request? How many of you drop in a ‘thank you’ after your request is written?
Hell, we’re here just to write fucks as well. But if you don’t care about authors unless your neglect has driven them to deactivate, that’s when you come in with asks telling us our writing isn’t as crappy as your silence makes us think it is.
And the worst part of it is so many authors fall for that shit, they come back and feed you fucks you don’t deserve and then you stop caring once again until they’re determined to stop writing for good.
Please, for fuck’s sake - give us reactions. If you think a fic is bad or good, if the fic made you feel some particular way. Tell us.
We don’t care about four digit follower counts, we care about that screaming in the tags, the asks telling us what you liked about our fics.
You can’t treat us this way and then complain your dash is going dry.