Hi! I don’t know if this comes off as weird, but how did you start your blog? I want to write requests and other stories but I don’t really know where to start. So if you have any suggestions or ideas please do share! Thank you, and also Happy New Years!
write and read
if you look through my stuff, you’ll see that only a handful are requests. almost everything is from stuff that has inspired me: real life events, books/films i’ve watched, even other fanfics. i write because i enjoy writing - i write for myself. having other people enjoy it is just a plus
i’ve been around fanfics a long time. roughly 13 years. this blog is only 4 years old (i think) but i’ve had like 5 old blogs on tumblr and several others across multiple different sites i deleted because i felt like i couldn’t keep up with what people wanted from me - what they expected of me. that’s why i’m more “strict” on this blog because i like to write and i don’t want to feel pressured into writing stuff i don’t enjoy
so literally just write. doesn’t matter if it’s shit, you get better through practice. read other people’s works and be inspired by them. read physical books and learn their little writing tricks (only read one chapter so far but sunrise on the reaping showed me how to move things along without doing a time skip thing)
if you want to write for books and shows and films, do it. if you want to write original stuff, do it. don’t focus on the numbers, just focus on what makes you happy.
consume what you like and produce what you like
for actual writing advice, i have none. i just word vomit, copy my own tags and post






