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[satirewrites]

dragon moon is so amazing. I read it once a year. Thanks for being good at writing.

💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

[pillowspace]

It feels like this every time I write a fic

[esamastation]

What do you mean is The Fic abandoned? Obviously not, it's my baby, I was just holding it. What do you mean is it dead? Look, I got it right here, it's still very much alive. What do you mean am I going to write any more it? I was just writing it! I barely set it down!

... What do you mean it's been five years?

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

fanfic writers, here's your reminder to write whatever you want, however you want

"but I fear people will —" well, fuck them. you write for your own enjoyment, not theirs. and you certainly don't need a stranger's permission to write about fictional characters, no matter how wild or cliche or crazy or disturbing or violent or fucked up that thing you want to write about is. write it proudly and write it unapologetically. no one can stop you.

you have the powers to write and the powers to block anyone who tries to shame or tell you what you can or can't do. (fun fact: these people are just noises. you can hit mute anytime by blocking them)

repeat after me, you have all the powers.

[isabellebissonrouthier]

WRITE IT ANYWAY!!! EVEN IF YOU DONT THINK YOURE GOOD ENOUGH!!! WRITE!!! IT!!!! ANYWAY!!!!!!!

[drchucktingle]

I REALLY LIKE WRITING IT IS COOL AND FUN

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

[marlinspirkhall]

[saltwaterscully]

what you must understand is that i have five incredible fan fictions in the works. and you might never see any of them

[queso-blanco]

Always the writer, never the reader.

[confuzing]

"Oh lol I can't write fic the AO3 curse will get me-"

Stop talking. Look at me. Look at me and listen.

Life is a never ending string of tragedies and delights. You will not be saved by making yourself less noticable.

Write your fic, post it. Enjoy the creative process. Enjoy the fandom. The bad things would have happened anyway, at least now you have the AO3 kudos emails to look forward to.

[ekjohnston]

This is *extremely* true.

[okitanoniisan]

MOTIVATIONAL CELLPHONE STRAPS

[satirewrites]

pfffttt lmaooo

[podcastwizard]

affirmations for writers: i know how to write. i have seen sentences before, and i know how to make one. i can identify up to several words and their meanings. i am not afraid of semicolons.

[haithhegimp]

make sure to follow your favourite fanfiction authors on tumblr to get such important updates as, "i'm Thinking about the fic really hard, i swear" "hashtag #notwriting" "im going to commit mass murder if i have to write" "theoretically if the next chapter came out in five months--"

[glorious-spoon]

anyway the thing about fanfic is that it's not essentially bad or good; it's essentially amateur. some people are absolutely out there writing award-worthy prose (some fic writers ARE award-winning writers IRL!), but that's not the point. the point is that we're all telling campfire stories. it's a community, and it's a way to spend some more time in the worlds and stories that we love.

[sourdough-seal]

"why did you stop writing your story!!! never stop writing!!!!!!!!!!!" well you see the character had to drive one mile to a new location and the sentence "she got into the car" was quite simply my undoing

[its-in-the-water]

This is so real tho

The intense scenes flow so easily but I am fucked when I have to make a transition where nothing is happening sob

[angryraptor13]

There's always the Teleporting Scene Break option, where you start with them planning to Do the Thing, and then...

-This Is A Scene Break-

... They casually reflect on Having Already Done The Thing while doing something else more interesting!

[lorelune]

i'll defend fanfic for my whole life. like the joy it brings is genuinely transformative and indulgent in a way unique to the genre. it isn't meant for a market, it isn't meant to be sold or marketed. it is born out of such care and passion for a media that one must write and must share it, so other folks can enjoy it to. for no other reason than love and joy. do you know how special that is? especially in our current social and political climate.

[thewitchoftheweed]

writing is like

30% outlining

50% drafting

400% trying to find interesting, non-repetitive ways to describe uninteresting, repetitive body language.