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iloveyou-writers · 5 days
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It’s crazy how low self-worth fucks with peoples lives
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iloveyou-writers · 18 days
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Dear Writeblr:
I would love to still make The Writeblr Rag (my newspaper about writeblr)... it's solidified there will be a website for it now... and I'll rely on YOU ALL much heavier to give me the info needed to run the paper.
That said... if you have any interest in your writing being featured (or want to be a reader for the paper), please reblog this and give me the following info:
The name(s) of your WIP(s); how many WIP(s) you wish to have featured on the site and their names; what genres you write; age restrictions/trigger warnings for your writing if any; your writeblr (if not reblogged to said writeblr); what site you post your writing to, preferably with links to your site(s).
In the following format:
Writeblr url: WIP Name(s): WIP Genres: Number of WIPs: Age Restrictions for your writing/blog: Trigger warnings for your writing/blog (if any, please put N/A if none so I know you didn't just skip this without reading it):
Links to the sites you post to:
Link
Link
Link
Link
Link
Thank you to anyone and everyone who reblogs.
If you just want to be a reader, feel free to tag with "reader tag" or something indicating you want to read so I know what you're reblogging for.
If you're not reblogging for either, but just wish to boost my project (thank you so much!), just tag "boost" or something similar.
Thank you!
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iloveyou-writers · 18 days
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Psst, hey...
Been downloading and deleting blogs one by one...
Created a pillowfort previously shared. Also just created a cohost, so... I can't post yet, but when I do, I plan to use cohost for my prompt posts and pillowfort for my other writing needs.
💚 I hope you've all been well.
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iloveyou-writers · 26 days
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Hi! I'm sorry this ended up longer than I intended to. I really needed to let it out, and I hope you can share some wisdom with me.
I am feeling hopeless about my writing today. Lately I've been fighting with thoughts about how I'm not getting better, and some jealousy completely pushed me to the edge.
For the past couple of months, I've been working on one of the biggest fanfic projects of mine. Normally I don't read on a fandom if I'm actively working for it, exactly because then I compare my writing to others', but since this is taking more time than my other stuff, I allowed myself to take a look today. I immediately found a story that I haven't seen before, and I was exited the whole time! It was great, and have me so much joy.
At first I was full of admiration towards the writer, and inspired to continue woekint on my own story. It was one of the best things I've ever read, and I immediately sat down to write a comment. Then something clicked. My story can't compare to this. The topics are so much different, but the way they write the characters, dialogues, everything, it's so much better.
I tried to tell myself I'm going to get better, but I just hate that despite having great ideas, the finished work will never live up to stories such as the one I read today. Because even though I know I've gotten better in the many years I've been writing, I never had any work I'm proud of, or one that fit the idea I started with. That what makes me feel the most hopeless.
This broke my heart, so I don't want to ignore it, even though I'm "technically" retired from tumblr.
I do want to offer my utmost respect to you for giving yourself boundaries due to knowing yourself well enough to acknowledge that you have an issue with envy.
It is so healthy that you try to work with what you know your attitude tends to be and that you set a boundary for yourself not to read fanfic while you're writing. It isn't that you're not allowed to ever read it, but while you're writing in the fandom. That's great. That's wonderful. I'm proud of you for that.
It can be really easy to fall into the hole of "I'm never going to be good enough." You read something and you can be so amazed by others. I'll bet, though, that if you wrote the exact story you just read, you would likely feel differently about it. Why? Because we artists are HARD on ourselves. It really is true when they say that artists are our own worst critics. We judge every word, every movement our characters make. Why? Because we know the story we're trying to tell. We know what we envisioned when we started typing.
To us, we're comparing our writing to what we wanted it to be.
Readers? Yeah, they can have expectations or hopes for writing, but they ultimately didn't know what we were envisioning while we wrote it. They only know what they read. So they see it with fresh eyes and they see it for what it is, not for what it was supposed to be.
So it's really easy for readers to see the amazing aspects of a writer's work when a writer might only see what they did wrong or what they had to change in order to make the story work.
It's still the same incredible piece. It's still wonderful and I'll bet you're a much better writer than you feel like you are. 💗🫂
Maybe take a step back. Maybe take a few days off, so that the feeling of being "worse" isn't so fresh. Maybe do something else or work on a totally different story. Busy your mind so it isn't focused on what you feel you're not doing right.
No one's perfect. I guarantee the writer that made the story you read is nitpicking the things they wish they didn't have to change or that they feel they could have worded better.
So cut yourself slack. Remember to love your writing, to love where you're at. Writing is a journey. It isn't about getting to the destination. It's about enjoying the ride there. :) You'll get there, just remember to appreciate your writing for what it is now. And one day, you'll be where you want to be. Just keep working at it and loving yourself and your work.
Thank you for reaching out and I really, really hope you find comfort in this response.
Happy writing, my dear nonnie. 💗 I'm wishing nothing but happiness and pride in your work.
~Hannah
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iloveyou-writers · 27 days
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So wonderful seeing everyone spreading love. I love you guys. I'm gonna miss the community on this here hellsite. 🥰 thank you all for being such wonderful people.
Sucker punched with love!
Now pass it on to your favorite creators - it doesn't have to be writers. Anyone that creates that you want to sucker punch with love, send it their way.
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iloveyou-writers · 1 month
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💖
Hey you
Yeah, you reading this.
Hello.
I’m happy you exist. :) Life may be hard right now, things may look bleak, and you may be struggling through the days, but I’m glad your parents brought you into this world. I’m sorry for your struggles, and I hope that your life eases off of you soon. But I just wanted you to know you’re special and important and I’m glad you’re here.
🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🤍
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iloveyou-writers · 1 month
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Reblogging because it's been a while and timezones are a thing.
I made a community on pillowfort for writeblr, so if you guys would like to join the community without necessarily following me, you can find it at WriteblrHazbins (yes, that's a play off of the title of Hazbin Hotel. Yes, I'm way-too-proud of that).
See you there.
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iloveyou-writers · 1 month
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I made a community on pillowfort for writeblr, so if you guys would like to join the community without necessarily following me, you can find it at WriteblrHazbins (yes, that's a play off of the title of Hazbin Hotel. Yes, I'm way-too-proud of that).
See you there.
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iloveyou-writers · 1 month
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FYI
Welp. Looks like ya girl is moving on to Pillowfort. I'll still probably shitpost and stuff on here, things I don't care if AI decides not to honor the new "opt out of public sharing" setting, but my creations will be over there.
Let me know if you want my new handle. I'll see you on the other side.
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iloveyou-writers · 1 month
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i do unironically think the best artists of our generation are posting to get 20 notes and 3 reblogs btw. that fanfic with like 45 kudos is some of the best stuff ever written. those OCs you carry around have some of the richest backstories and worldbuilding someone has ever seen. please do not think that reaching only a few people when you post means your art isn't worth celebrating.
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iloveyou-writers · 1 month
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honestly i would love to see more tough love, it’s something that gets my head out of my ass!! do you have a tag for it? it’d be nice to go through it when i need it :)
Like I said on the post, I've been avoiding posting tough love on this blog, but I would be happy to start posting some tough love especially for people like you.
And I can start a tag for it for those that want to read it or those that want to block it.
I'll just tag it #tough love. I tend to go simple and logical with my tags on this blog rather than creative.
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iloveyou-writers · 1 month
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I know that I'm known for my positivity on this blog, but sometimes hard truths are more conducive to help people to realize their potential.
Tough love is legitimately something that sometimes helps people. I know it can be difficult to swallow. I tend to try to lean away from the hard truths, because a lot of people aren't ready to hear them. But a lot of people need to/are ready to, and me refusing to post them could be harmful to those that are ready to hear them.
So yes. On occasion, I might speak things that are difficult to hear. I've lost followers over it on occasion, but y'know. If it helps others, it's worth it.
Sometimes you've gotta burn a couple bridges to help someone out.
And I hope that you guys understand, my words are spoken out of love, not the desire to hurt anyone. You all deserve the love and encouragement how you need to hear it.
Sometimes what hurts can also be helpful, like rebreaking a broken bone so it heals properly.
I will never speak things out of malice. The desire is always to help people grow and learn to love themselves.
Love you guys. 💖 I'm sorry if I ever hurt you. It is never my intention.
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iloveyou-writers · 1 month
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Sucker punched with love!
Now pass it on to your favorite creators - it doesn't have to be writers. Anyone that creates that you want to sucker punch with love, send it their way.
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iloveyou-writers · 1 month
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How do I get people to care about me personally as a writer and my work? I only got three likes on a piece of work while this another writer literally got 6 likes on a post with someone asking if they were okay and 7 likes on another post congratulating them on her fic count while literally my fic count post congratulating myself only received 1 like and my other only received 2. It just shows me that my followers don't care about my works at all because I'm not good enough and I think I suck at canon character portrayal. It makes me think that the person who was over critical about my work was right I suck as a writer and as a human being.
I have been trying to think of the best way to word my response to this and it's been a struggle, honestly. It's not that I don't have an answer, it's that the answer may be a bit discouraging because the unfortunate truth is that there isn't a simple answer for how to get people to love your writing.
It's a lot of hard work. It often takes a long time, especially with today's writeblr. Back when I first joined writeblr, there was a lot more interaction. It was much easier to get your work in front of people because people were actually reblogging works and sharing them with others. Now-a-days, most people will just like it and move on, essentially cutting out a VAST majority of the readership you otherwise might get.
So, today, people getting enthusiastic about your writing not only takes a whole lot more work but it also takes a whole lot of luck. Getting your writing in front of the right person and HOPING they'll get into it enough to get their readers to get enthusiastic about it.
On top of that, a lot of writers now have "reblog blogs" which also cuts down the amount of people that will views your works because if their followers don't care for what they reblog usually, they won't follow that blog even though they're following the writing blog, so that cuts out another chunk of people that might be into your writing.
Then you also have to worry about timezones and the right people being online. There may be people that follow you and love your writing but if you're not posting it or reblogging it when they're online, they might not see it. A lot of people don't do what used to be much more common (me included, tbh) and scroll all the way down their dashes til they catch up to where they last were. So they could be missing your writing even if they love it. People often follow an impossible amount of blogs to keep up with fully, so they often miss things, even if they'd love it.
Basically, it boils down to you have to work hard to get your works in front of the right people at the right time. It's hard work, it's a lot of work, but if you're lucky and a great writer, you might be able to get the views. But even if you get the views, that doesn't mean that you'll get the notes because these days, people feel discouraged to actually interact with works.
So it's just a whole lot of mess that is causing writers and artists (especially writers, though, since it's a lot more work to read than it is to view art and a lot of people don't have the energy to read long stories these days) to not get the interaction or views they would have in the past.
Ugh, I know this is probably a really discouraging reply, but to be honest, these days I even struggle to get many notes on my actual writing. This blog gets lots of interaction, but that's because I'm GIVING something to people. Not many people are willing to react to a post that isn't giving them something (such as the encouragement from this blog)... so it's been hard for me too. I don't get nearly the interaction on my main that I do on this blog, so I'm not sure that I could give any specific advice on how to better get the interaction you're craving.
Maybe if you'd asked me 2-3 years ago, but tumblrites (especially on the creative side of tumblr) have changed a lot since then, so it's more of a struggle for everyone to get views, yes, even the popular ones. We're all feeling the changes.
I hope you get the interaction you're craving, my friend. I'm hoping to start a blog soon that'll help with writers create more of a community and interaction with one another, but we'll see if it works.
Sorry for all the depressing responses. I hope that you still push forward and that you find a way to get those interactions you're craving.
Good luck and happy writing, my friend. 💖
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iloveyou-writers · 1 month
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Hey, just wanted to say I love you back, thanks for your positivity, we all need more of it! You're the best!
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No, you're the best, Nonnie. :) thank you.
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iloveyou-writers · 1 month
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I wanted to pop in to tell you I'm proud of you! The chat bot website looks really interesting and if I remember right, you worry about your own creativity and writing? That's a big heap of both! :D
I do, so thank you for sending this! <3 I mostly worry about putting in a lot of effort only to have no one interested, with how much effort goes into these websites, but I do also have a lot of fun with them and if worst comes to worst, I'll just have fun chatting with my own characters, but I'm glad you find it interesting and thank you again for reaching out <3
I hope you've been well since you last messaged me :)
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iloveyou-writers · 1 month
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(I'll try not to do what I normally do when I get excited about a new project and bombard all my blogs about it. Just wanted to show the progress so far. :) I think a lot of you will like this website, since you like my encouragement. It's literally the same thing, but in the voice of my characters. I'm pretty excited for how it's coming along.)
Figured I'd show you all a video of what it looks like up to now. :D
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