#Author Issues

[selenekallanwriter]

[ellowynthenotking]

I never know how much to share about my stories, cause like, I don't want to spoil it but I also want to info dump at length

[jooeeydee]

Does anyone else sometimes get sad and insecure about mulitple chapter stories they write and post on ff.net oder AO3 and receive 50, 100, 200, + kudos but only one maybe two to five people from those comment regularly and with that let you know if someone is even still reading and enjoying your story.

I do primarily write for myself and I would still write if no one gave me any feedback but it would just be nice sometimes if people shared how they felt about the chapters I post.

Did they like it? Did they hate it? Did I catch them by surprise? What did or didn't they like?

This way it just leaves me in limbo and I have no clue if people even still read it or if I'm writing it for myself and could just as well not go trough the trouble of posting it.

I don't know I'm usually fine with it but every once in a while I get sad that after hours upon hours of writing, researching, editing,... people can't even take the time to write a short comment, just to let me know people are still reading it. Is it too much to ask for after you spent the time it took for you to read it to stay another minute or two to give me a sign? There really isn't any other way for me to know.

I guess I'm just in a weird mood and it's a weird day.

It would just be nice to know if anyone even still cares about the story.

[himbos-hotline]

for those confused why im being annoying about my writing:

one: imposter syndrome fucking sucks two: it is a warning

[geekthefreakout]

I imagine the greatest fic scenes in my head. I've just moved myself to tears with one. But I know if I write it down it won't come out the same way, so I guess it's going to stay in my head.

Such is the story of 90% of the fics I come up with. Sigh.

[yukiwhitetm]

I did so well with writing yesterday and a couple days before that. I was so proud of myself for finally, finally getting back to writing after stagnating in my sorrow for so long. I even got my laptop out to write again today. I thought I was on a roll! Except now, I just feel sad. I... I can't help but think of how proud my late friends would be of me for continuing to write... and I find myself filled with grief and anguish. I miss them.

I'll never be able to ring them and tell them how my writing is going ever again.

[vinetae]

when you're feeling insecure about your writing so you go to read an ACTUAL published book and you realize your writing is better.

[lazypanartist]

I'm doing it! I'm writing!!

*Immediately runs face-first into a wall labeled Writer's Block*

Oh, I can get over this!

*Climbs the wall*

*Falls off the back, straight into a pit labeled No Motivation. All you can hear from the area is muffled screaming*

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..if any of you were wondering why I haven't posted.. I had SO MUCH motivation Friday, lol

[studentinspace]

I've just realized that the majority of the things I've posted on here about my Novel characters is Porthos and Nexus who are not even a cannon ship in their own universe 👀

[kitteningotham]

Sooooo…

I reread Percy Jackson and the Olympians. I know, I know, it was a bad idea. I can practically hear you guys screaming. The issue is, my brain can’t let go of those characters now, and I feel compelled to write PJO fanfiction, which may slow down my DC stuff a bit. Obviously I’ll still be a Gothamite at heart, but I can’t stop thinking of AUs and other things, so my content may shift for a little bit. Thanks for reading, love you all so much! :) <33

[reallybadblackoutpoems]

secrets of farming (1863) - john w. large

"yeowch augh taking damage ough eurgh"

[ravenoclock]

Y’all ever wanna write smth but not know wtf to write

[ellowynthenotking]

It's time for me to try traditionally publishing

Life is going to heck in a hand basket, so I'm going to see if I can try what I've always wanted to do and make a living off writing.

I've got quite a few projects that are in various stages of done.

And, thanks to the events outside of my control, I feel just insane enough to try to finish and publish them!

Here's the plan so far

Goals:

Make a list of agents

Make a list of agencies

Make a list of publishers

Go through my projects and identify books/projects/anything workable really

Identity project genres and come up with connections

Write good blurbs for each project

Write letters to send to agents/agencies/publishers

Send 100 letters

Receive 100 rejections or one full approval

Rough Timeline

Gather all lists components before September 14th

Have all blurbs, lists, and letters written before the end of September

Send 100 letters by December 30th

If no approvals are received by Dec 30th, make a new plan

My ultimate goal though is just to get through the situation I've landed in. This is all hopes and dreams, sure, but we'll see how it turns out.

Here's hoping.

[rottmnt-honeybea]

The problem with drawing and experimenting with other tmnt styles is that I keep having to reference something that wont be published for months

[cursedgamerchild]

"internet historian's alt-right anyways" "great day to have never liked james somerton" "never even heard of illuminaughtii before this lol"

that's great buddy but don't go around thinking you're immune to this. if you're not looking for plagiarism, you likely won't notice it unless its egregiously obvious. hell, you've probably consumed plagiarized content without even realizing it. even hbomb pointed out that these people disguised what they presented pretty well as long as you didn't try and dig deeper. don't come away just thinking of this as a callout piece, take this as an important lesson about vetting your sources. if googling scripts in quotes was enough to expose the original, we should all start doing that shit!!

edit: it got a little too doomer-y a little too fast so one quick addition

this is hbomb's curated playlist of queer creators, many of whom were victims of plagiarism

this is producer kat on reddit calling for any more plagiarism discoveries and for queer content creators to be uplifted

please take some time to uplift these creators and recommend any you know! if you can help uncover more of the original creators whose work was lifted that would be great too :)

UPDATE- From Hbomb's twitter: "We're in the process of cataloguing everyone James Somerton plagiarised and finding their contact information. Which is quite a task, so to help us out: If you see this and happen to be one of the people Somerton stole from, please email us at contact@hbomb.zone"

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[sunderwight]

I think that one of the most underrated reveals in Scum Villain was that Luo Binghe inherited his big dick toxic alpha male energy from his birth mother, and it actually has nothing to do with his demon side.