#cocoshady writes

[therealcocoshady]

May we take a peek at the forgotten fanfic? 👀

I’ll post it in a few hours 🙊. But for now, I’ll give you clues using emoji and leave you guessing the plot :

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Please share your theories with me 🙊💕

[therealcocoshady]

Hi Coco how are you?

So I have this plot in my head for a fanfic with multiple chapters but I'm not sure if I use Y/n in this fic or create a OC.

I created a cover for this fic on canvas but I hate the title maybe I'll change when I posted

Hi 🥰 I'm great ! Definitely doing a lot better these days. The power of a good trip to the salon to have your hair bleached followed by some retail therapy, you know ? 🙊 Also, I have received kind of amazing news when it comes to work so... Your girl is in a good mood 🙂 (I may or may not be invited to be a speaker at a prestigious event in my field). I hope you're doing amazing ❤️

Reader Insert or OC seems like the eternal question when it comes to fanfiction 🙊 When I started reading fanfiction on the Internet, about two decades ago, using Y/N and Reader Inserts was not the standard procedure at all. People would usually create an OC. Nowadays, it seems to me like more and more people use Reader Inserts. Maybe it depends on the platform you're using, the fandom and trends. I honestly think there are a couple of factors.

Ultimately, it comes down to you and what you're more comfortable with. Both definitely have their advantages and drawbacks (more on that below) but at the end of the day, you are the writer and you get to choose what you're most comfortable with. 😉

I personally love OCs. I really admire writers who can craft a good OC. It's an opportunity to be creative and write about someone who is similar to you... or not at all. You can really elaborate on their appearance, their personality traits... It's also a good exercise because then it forces you to kind of commit to the bit and ask yourself the important question "would that person actually do it ?". So, you might also find it a little time-consuming as well.

Reader Inserts and the use of Y/N offers more flexibility in my opinion, not to mention that it allows people to identify themselves to the story. And, I mean, if we're talking about writing Eminem fanfiction, who doesn't want to picture themselves in a good smutty scene with that man, right ? 😏 But for a lot of writers, using the second person pronoun can feel a bit odd and not really natural. Not to mention that it's kind of hard to keep things kind of neutral at all times. If you use a reader insert, you technically want to be as inclusive as can be and let's be honest, it's tough when you want to cater to everyone. You have to ask yourself questions about inclusivity.

I mean, there's lots to say on both and there are actually a few resources you can find on the topic ! Here's a blog post someone made, linked to a podcast, which I think is pretty interesting 🙂 There's also this Reddit post, in which people actually made interesting points !

Anyway... PLEASE keep me posted when you post that fanfiction because I will want to read it ❤️