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intro i guess
literally just made this blog so that I can link it on my ao3 cuz why not
I go by L on here, they/them, she/her and maybe he/him for pronouns
I yap a lot about stuff I'm writing or reading
DNI: bigots (homophobes, racists, ableists, etc.), inc*st shippers, p*dos, and n*zis. I WILL block you.
uhhh don't be an asshole please
Main Blog: @cursed-smartass
Art Blog: @cryptic-lyre
I don’t PLAN I don’t DWELL on it I BULLSHIT it for 2 hours and if it sucks I KILL MYSELF
y’all really recommend books like: title, there are gay characters, enemies to lovers, young adult, written by poc
not once do i ever see a summary
What more info do you need?
WHAT DO U MENA SUMMARY WHAT ELSE MATTERS ITS GAY POC AND ENEMIES TO LOVERS HOW OFTEN DO U CONE ACROSS THAT
i want to know what its about mainly. is it a romance? is there plot besides the romance? is it realistic fiction? sci fi? fantasy? historical? future? alternate history? whats the tone? what are the themes? what are the main characters’ NAMES?
“GAY AND/OR RACIALLY DIVERSE” IS NOT A GENRE. nor is it an indicator of quality
do you know how many times I’ve been recommended a book solely because “it’s queer fantasy!”
do you know how many times those books have been so poorly written that I couldn’t finish them
Mostly, I want to know the tone. A 19th century war story isn’t gonna do it for me when I’m in the mood for a lighthearted austenesque romance - and those are both historical. A star warsy space romp isn’t gonna do it if I want to read about interplanetary political negotiations - and those are both sci fi. A fun gratuitious don’t-think-about-it-too-hard action story is not the same as a dark and complicated mob drama. A suspenseful thriller will bore me if I’m looking for a fast paced spy novel.
not providing a summary literally just shows how you treat marginalized people and their representation as this token woke thing that you can show off like a shiny trophy. no, people aren’t going to read something just because it has representation! that’s not how it works!
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okay, I’m concerned that maybe folks are using the word “summary” in different ways here and that there might be a misunderstanding what folks are asking for.
For those of you who are in the “????? but why????” camp, let me explain: You are not being asked to write your very own book report. You are being asked to please go to the book’s Goodreads page and copy-paste the Official Description into your post, or copy it out from what is written on the back cover/dust-jacket flap. That’s it! That’s all. The book description (“cover-copy” as it is called in the biz) is a marketing tool, and it’s one of the best marketing tools a book has because it’s been precision-engineered to convince people that it’s a cool and interesting story. Just add that to your posts! It will take an extra 2 seconds.
You don’t have to STOP saying “Here are the tropes, and btw it’s gay”, because yeah, some people DO find that to be the thing that tweaks their interest – but I bet even those people read the official description before they buy the book. So if you actually want people to listen to your recs and be persuaded to read your new favorite book, including the cover-copy when you talk about it saves them a step of having to look it up themselves. You might say, “Oh but they’re just being lazy, why should I do the extra work?” – Because it’s YOUR new favorite book, hon! And because how many times in your life have you heard a book rec and vaguely thought, “Oh, maybe i should look that up later” and then straight up forgot? Trust me, including the cover-copy makes it stick in somebody’s head WAY more than just a list of tropes.
But hey, it’s up to you – maybe you don’t really care about whether or not people listen to you and read your favorite books, and that’s fine! But if you DO want to persuade people, if you DO want to support under-appreciated and/or marginalized authors… This will help. This one little addition will genuinely help.
(For a bonus-level: Include the book cover as well. The book cover is an even more powerful marketing tool!)
One of the hard parts about being a writer with a vivid imagination is that there are So Many Ideas, and they fall into so many categories, such as
Fics I want to write
Fics I want to read
There is just One Scene and I could write it but it would be waaaay more cool if I had all the build up to the scene but unfortunately. I can only figure out the Scene
I keep changing my mind. Where am I going with this
This has been done a million times before. But. Hear me out
I will 100% Never Write This. This is just my Emotional Support Idea no one can ever know about bc it makes sense only to me
Would be better as a comic...
This will be my magnum opus if I can just get my 50 pages of ideas into a coherent narrative
All I have are vibes
And, of course
WIP I started and haven't updated in 2 years and oh god its beEN TWO YEARS???
when an au gets so out of control that you start redesigning the characters and rewriting the lore and worldbuilding and at this point its hardly even an au anymore you're just rewriting the show entirely
Saying “this niche, properly tagged, warned, and rated piece of fiction could theoretically hurt someone” is not a good argument. This properly labeled cookie with the allergen information at the bottom that contains gluten could theoretically harm me very badly, but only if I consume it. Tags are like nutrition labels, and warnings are like allergy information. If you know you have an allergy to something, the logic is to stay away from it. It is the same with fiction. I’m not running through stores yelling at people to take all the products with gluten off the shelves just because it could hurt me. Instead I ignore it and go to the gluten free section and find cookies that are right for me. And if running through a grocery store yelling sounds ridiculous, that’s because it is. Stop doing the same with fiction.
this is the best way i’ve seen this put!!
And just like with food, what might be harmful for one person to consume could be quite *beneficial* for others. One man’s trigger is another man’s catharsis.
AND if you lack the maturity/self control/awareness to stop yourself from eating things that could potentially harm you, you either 1) are too young to be making your own food choices and should be supervised by a parent/other adult who is supposed to be responsible for you (and the store clerk who put the food on the shelf is NOT) or 2) need to take accountability for your own actions, because if you deliberately consumed something you knew could hurt you as a fully autonomous adult, then you really have no one to blame but yourself.
I’d like to add that within AO3, “Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings” is, in this food analogy, like the food labels that read “This product was manufactured in a facility where [potential food allergens] are used in the production of some products”. It’s not telling you they’re in there, but even more importantly, it’s not telling you they’re not. This is not the same as “No Archive Warnings Apply” which would be the certified [food allergen] free food. One guarantees a certain experience, the other has given you no promises as to what may or may not be included and is very much a consume-at-your-own-risk product.
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Leonid Pasternak (Ukrainian, 1862–1945) - The Torments of Creative Work
oh leonid, we're really in it now
Leonid, you really understand it.
Save me Leonid, from my empty Word document
Leonid what should I do about the emails
Babe are you okay? you reblogged Leonid Pasternak's Torments of Creative Work again
its so unfair that i actaully have to write words to finish my fics. why cant the words just,, write themselves?? cant i think of a scene and the fic just magically gets done??? why doesnt it work like that???
i opened my doc, stared at it, switched tabs to tumblr, came back and closed my doc before realising i didnt actually get any writing done
is this the writing equivalent to walking into a room and then forgetting what you wanted to do and walking out
Me thinking that I'm funny was probably the first problem
“Your fanfic idea is so cringe” I know isn’t it brilliant
looking through my docs/WIPS/drafts, and,, jfc what was i on???
for context-- this was (i think) a ROTTMNT + Marvel (maybe, idk anymore) crossover fic, and this was only chapter 1, and it's not even finished and I only had a vague outline for chapter 2
why can't this kind of motivation hit me now????
Reading my own fanfiction is basically just a rollercoaster of emotional whiplash.
20% of the time: “Hold on. I wrote this? This is fire. This is emotionally devastating in the best way. This scene is dripping with tension. I’m a literary perfectionist. Someone give me a book deal.”
80% of the time: “Straight to jail. Immediate prison. Why is everyone’s breath hitching?. I used the word ‘gaze’ three times in one paragraph like I was possessed. Did I think 'his eyes darkened' was profound? Why is everyone clenching their jaws? Why is someone whispering 'their name like a prayer' again?? No one talks like this. What is this dialogue. Why are there so many weird metaphors and em-dashes…”
what if i suddenly regained motivation to write chapter 4 of my (accidentally) abandoned loki fic?
just a hypothetical
has this been done
me checking to see if any of my “wips” have magically finished writing themselves after MONTHS of ZERO progress or motivation on my end
"IT WAS ONLY SUPPOSED TO BE A ONESHOT!!!" i scream, desperately clawing at the floor, as the fic drags me back into The Depths to continue writing against my will for the rest of eternity
guys. guys this cannot be that funny,,
