Why Must A Fic Be "finished" Is It Not Enough For It To Be Lovingly Daydreamed Over A Period Of 6 Months.

reblog if you’re okay with people writing fanfics of your fanfics and/or fanfics inspired by your fanfics

When I was younger, I obsessed over the idea of being a published writer more than I actually wrote. I wanted to be good at it, and I knew that I wasn’t.

In my imaginings of the future, I pictured myself as a seasoned author with a stack of written works resting on a desk, my hand resting lightly atop the tower, as if to say, “look at the breadth of my skill! I believe I have achieved enough. My work is complete; my hand need never pick up the pen again.”

Looking back, I wonder why I painted that picture in my head, a static image that seldom changed. Never did I imagine myself writing in a busy cafe or scribbling poetry under lamplight. I never saw myself writing the books; they just materialized, in all their hardback, small-font glory under my outstretched hand.

This image perverted my love of well-written stories. Whenever I brought my pen to a blank page, I could only write what I thought “novelists” wrote about. Without any passion or truth behind my words, they felt lifeless and empty. Not content with the idea that something I wrote wouldn’t be consumed by an audience, I often chose to write nothing at all.

I hadn’t yet learned that writing is a process of self-discovery. It is a means of trying to understand a chaotic world. And now, it is not something to accomplish; it is who I am.

I am a writer.

Writing tips for ya

(Part one?) writer block

I’ve found a way that works for me personally that makes writers block nonexistent.

So, I start by writing my first 5 or so chapters, or until you get stuck. ( this is the point we’re you will get writers block)

Instead of attempt to write more I want you to go back and edit those 5 or so chapters. This makes it so you don’t have writers block anymore (gives you new inspiration and reminds you of things you added in earlier) and it will make it so you can write 5 more chapters.

Instead of editing only the 5 new chapters edit the whole thing again.

It will looks something like this

Write 5, edit, write 5 more edit 1-10 write 5 more edit 1-15. Once you hit 15 you can edit 15-20 then 15-25 until you hit another 15 mark. Like 30. Then it will be 30-35 and so on.

Also it won’t always been in sets of 5 I just happen to get stuck around that mark it can look like, write 8 edit those 8 then write 3 and edit all 11.

This also helps so you can make things connect together, so you don’t forget what’s happening, and add in those tiny details that you hope one day will be noticed by someone!

Welp that’s about all I have at the moment. But please tell me if it works for you! I would also really like to hear other problems you’re having as a writer so I can include those in another post.

Happy writing

For any relocated TikTok users

you can say sex and kill its fine

If you don't have a profile picture people will assume you're a bot

theres barely an algorithm, if you want to see cool shit reblog things instead of just liking them

follower count doesnt matter

tumblr fame gets you one thing and it is Yelled At

no one knows what the fuck the nsfw policy is

block anyone that annoys you even a little bit

And most importantly:

post cringe

NOTICE: As more and more fanfic writers are using generative AI for their works (you uncreative dweebs), I hereby swear on everything I hold dear that I have not and will NEVER use generative AI in ANY of my written work. Everything I post will be organically and creatively my own.

despite what canon says, if a fanfic writer’s in love with a blorbo, they can never die

There’s no such thing as work-life balance for neurodivergent & chronically ill people.

This is because everything in my life requires work:

maintaining friendships

keeping up with my hygiene

managing bills

making money

remembering my basic needs

sleeping regularly

outputting creatively

All requires some aspect of work for me.

And when everything in your life requires work, your balance goes out the window.

If you're neurodivergent and overwhelmed — I see you.

If you're chronically ill and overwhelmed — I see you.

You're not dysfunctional.

You're not incapable.

You're doing your best.

reblog if you’re a writer who feels guilt whenever they’re not writing and being productive, so I know I’m not the only one lol

Name a better feeling than getting the first comment on a fic you were uncertain about and knowing that at least one person liked the tiny piece of your brain that you put on the internet