august

i pray everyday that the ao3 curse doesn't get me

[everythingwasfiction]

hello! i am doing CAI bot requests!! specifically for the pitt or OCs! (i can also do harry potter/marauders and a few other fandoms, just ask!!) i mainly do MLM stuff, but i can do whatever!  𓂃˖ ࣪⊹ https://forms.gle/3bAv1psz9EigVu1S7

[everythingwasfiction]

The Difference Good Writing Makes

A companion is only as good as the way she talks, and SweetDream clearly cares about that. The replies feel written by someone who gets nuance, playful when it should be, tender when it counts, never flat.

That writing quality is the soul of the experience. It's what makes an AI girlfriend charming instead of mechanical. If conversation matters most to you, sweetdream.ai is where it actually feels good.

[fevermuffin]

Gimme, that writing of yours

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

just found out scrolling through tumblr wouldn’t make me closer to finishing my wips and if I wanted to make some progress on my fic, I’d have to write. shocking

[obsidianpegasus-deactivated2025]

Say it with me:

I am a writer. Not a content-producing machine. I am a writer. Not a content-producing machine. I am a writer. Not a content-producing machine.

It’s okay if I don’t have time to write. It’s okay if a chapter is delayed. It’s okay if my words come out messy. It’s okay if I need to take a break. It’s okay if I don’t update every week, every month, or even every year.

My value as a writer is not measured by how fast I post. My worth is not defined by kudos, bookmarks, or comments.

I am allowed to be slow. I am allowed to rest. I am allowed to write for joy, not for an algorithm.

I am a writer. Not a content-producing machine.

And if anyone thinks otherwise, they can wait.

[fanfiction-addiction9]

the high after someone comments on my fics is unparalleled

[notgilderoylockhart]

subscribing to a fic isn’t enough I need the author to blast a bat signal into the night sky whenever they update

[obsidianpegasus-deactivated2025]

Fanfic writing is 50% actually writing and 50% staring at the screen whispering ‘how do words work again’?

10% googling “synonyms for said”

15% contemplating your life choices

20% changing one sentence 37 times and then changing it back

25% “research” (aka wikipedia rabbit hole until 4am)

30% crying because the scene was better in your head

[fallenaj-2475]

you forgot that 1% of moments where you write a bomb ass line, and everything feels right in the world. You feel like you can write 10 billion more words based on how cathartic it felt to write that one bomb ass line.

[sarcasticsciencefictionwriter]

"I sort fics by kudos and only kudos on stories with high kudos counts, why aren't there more stories with high kudos, I ran out of things to read." You're part of the problem.

"Authors artificially inflate comment counts by thanking people, I can't find anything with a real comment count to read." No they fucking are not, they're grateful for engagement.

"I can't read anything under 100k." That's the majority of fics you're ignoring, most novels aren't even that long.

"I don't have time to look for the incredibly rare diamond in the rough, so I won't read anything below a certain amount of kudos, comments, and hits." Those fics are popular because people gave them a chance and then snobs like you found them.

"I won't read anthing with a single typos." You made typos in that sentence, get off your high horse.

"One singular author didn't thank me for commenting, I'm never commenting on any fic again so I don't get burned." You're punishing people because someone didn't give you engagement they don't owe you that they might not have seen.

"This fic is three months old, it's so old, it doesn't matter if I comment or kudos, it's old." Fics do not have expiration dates, comment and kudos.

You're killing your fandoms with your snobbish behaviors.

[ao3statss]

There are currently 414,472 fics without a single kudos.

2,948,374 under 10 kudos

If anyone was wondering.

[wonderful-anarchy]

you know what i love? when im reading a fic and it is clearly so self indulgent for the writer. like honey these plot threads barely make sense but you are having so much fun and i am just along for the ride

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

the point of fanfiction is that you can write whatever the fuck you want forever and no one can stop you. #thepower

[everythingwasfiction]

when i write dialogue i HAVE to read it out loud pretending to be the characters

[bambistjames]

non-writers will never understand the mental illness of writing an entire conversation in your head while doing dishes and then forgetting every word the second you open a blank doc

[everythingwasfiction]

 do you think the people in my classes can tell i write fanfiction based on my replies in discussion posts. do you think the aura of my writing reeks of the fanfiction style? can they tell i transitioned from wattpad to ao3 in late middle school? can they tell my schedule for classes has “write chapter” right next to “psych.” this weighs heavy on my mind.

[heiziwei]

they’re a package pls do not separate 😔🙏