#fjkdla;

[feroluce]

I wonder which of these two learned it from whom?

[taylortruther]

The fact that Joe has to fear for his reputation because he brokeup with Taylor is exactly why I am other are not jazzed with her anymore. It’s not funny anymore. I can’t believe she would come out with something so not-private like YLM and accuse him of killing the relationship and hurt Joe like that because of a breakup. Like, no wonder nobody wants to date her if she’s going to air dirty laundry like this???

is this performance art

[kitausuret]

I have trouble with my fanfics. I never really like them and I’m not sure if other’s enjoy them. I don’t get that many compliments or votes. What should I do? I want feedback.

Hi anon! It's always rough when you're feeling down about your writing. For that first part, unfortunately all you can really do is - you guessed it - practice. Keep writing! I know, nobody likes to hear that, but you've got to first and foremost allow yourself to write something that sucks. Just get it out onto the notebook, or word document, or whatever you use. That's always gonna be step one.

Secondly, think about what you enjoy about what you read, whether in fanfic or in other kinds of prose. What about it makes it enjoyable to you? Can you make note of anything that you can adapt into your own writing? Your old language arts and literature teachers probably had the right idea, that the best writers are also big readers. It's all about learning and adapting!

For specifically your own writing, if there's anything you're unsure of, I strongly recommend getting a beta, or at least a trusted writer friend that you can at least use as a sounding board. I personally have never used a beta, but I have people I can go to if I feel stuck on something or need to run a part by someone. Sometimes you can even find them in fandom communities!

Which then leads us to the second part of your ask - actually getting feedback. Now, I'm not sure where you post. I don't recognize the terminology of "votes", so if anyone can clue me in that might be helpful LOL. I personally do not post my fics outside of Ao3 and Tumblr. In the past I've also used FF.net and DeviantART. I have by far gotten the most feedback on Archive of Our Own, followed by fanfiction.net, but again, I don't use the latter anymore. I really like Ao3 so if you don't already, you might try posting there.

I also don't know what kind of fics you write, if it's with popular characters or a rarepair, if it's a huge fandom or a tiny one, on and on. Feel free to come off anon if you're comfortable and we can discuss this further. But I definitely collected my small handful of readers by simply being active in fandom - and by leaving feedback/communicating with other writers. I also would encourage you to look into fandom events, exchanges, Big Bangs, even just fandom weeks! There are lots of low-stress ways to almost guarantee more feedback.

Now, if you're like me, and you're literally creating the tags you want to see in the world, there may not be others that you know of yet. BUT, frequent communication and leaving feedback on works that are maybe similar to your own can help build relationships! I also love joining fandom Discords because a ton of them at least have a writing/fic channel.

Almost every single writer I've traded feedback with, I either met through commenting on multiple of their fics, finding them through fandom tags on Tumblr, or meeting them in a Discord server. Usually one of the above feeds into the other two. It's scary sometimes but putting yourself out there really does lead to more feedback and encouragement.

Finally, you have to accept that not all of your fics will take off. Even the ones you're really proud of. Hell, I just made a post about that yesterday. Typically, it's not that what you're making is bad or poorly written. Sometimes it's just niche. Sometimes it's just not what people click on when they're going through the tag. That's why it's important to, as much as you can, write for yourself.

Bottom line, keep practicing, reach out to friends for feedback, hang out with other writers, and get active! Above all, though, have fun. I know it sounds silly, but when you're doing something for free, please make sure that ultimately you're enjoying it. You have one guaranteed reader: yourself!

[zafiro-anyejo]

Just finished most of Evangelion and holy cannoli what is my life now??? Misato/Kaji are such hot messes but I love them.

[bigbarabelly]

Slowly chipping away at coms fjkdla. Com for @cheezihouse !!!!

[cxttlefishcxller]

WIP Wednesday? Friday? Ah whatever

I didn't see this until late, but I see @residentdormouse do stuff like this so often that I figure I might as well actually share some of my writing sometimes. Maybe. fjkdla;sfd (Also thanks for the tag, you're a beautifully terrible influence as always) Looks like the rules (as I understand them?) are to post a snip from whatever you're working on? I've got a bunch of projects sitting open, but I'll share something from the one that Mouse influenced me to open I was looking at and editing the most recently -- a Game of Thrones fic I'm tentatively calling "Fool's Gold" until I've got something more clever to refer to it as. XD

“I didn’t say it was a good idea. Only that it was our best bet. If anyone will refuse to breathe a word of this to my family, it’s a Stark.”  She takes a seat again, looking over the maps and sighing deeply. Already her stomach is churning--she doesn’t know how Tyrion can drink so much under this much stress. “...He’ll want Sansa. And they don’t know that we don’t have Arya.” “I can’t promise her.” Tyrion rubs at the bridge of his nose with a sigh, leaning back in his chair. “Cersei knows that she’s too good of a pawn to barter for anyone less than Jaime. And that’s if Father will let her make the trade without the other Stark girl in hand.” Another roadblock made of Lannister foolishness, Percy thinks, deciding to keep that particular opinion to herself. It seems like Tyrion had done enough to blame himself since this meeting, and she knows he will take that one to heart more than she means. He continues to speak, talking himself into and out of ideas as she leans over the papers, brushing a few aside to see a page of names and illustrated banners apart from the list he had pulled from the pile. She doesn’t recognize half of the sigils, but one stands out…a red lion on a silver field. “Another lion…” She mutters, pulling the parchment closer. “House Reyne…I know that name.”

I don't interact much on this blog, but I'll haul off and no-pressure tag @alabaster-the-crow and @jaiesondurantkross, if they wanna!

[onlymingyus]

CONGRATS ON 3K!!!!!!🥳🥳🥳🥳 YOU'VE MORE THAN EARNED IT

fjkdla thank you love! you are so kind. thank you for so much support and love. I have a really hard time feeling like I earned it but I do appreciate you saying it 😭

[heartofhubris-a]

Why does Otto throw his arms out like that when he's talkinga bout Norman?

[darcyesque]

all rise for the national anthem!

[duketectivecomics]

not like duke thomas related but duke winston is gonna voice bruce wayne/batman in a radio show

d- did you mean winston duke?????

[taylortruther]

oh lordy if my husband had an issue with me reading/getting off to erotica/fanfiction then this just wouldn’t work out (plus i sometimes get ideas from reading fic that i can bring into the bedroom and make sex way more fun)

what's wild is i see polls on instagram asking if spicy books are "acceptable" and the results are always like 60% yes, 40% no. 40% is too many nos! fjkdlas

[kunoichihatake]

Random HCs:

Kakashi really really loves saying your name! Ofc he enjoys calling you pet names, but there’s just something special about saying your name.

He’s his most vulnerable at night, usually when he thinks your sleep. He likes to hold you close and whisper all the small things he wishes he could say out loud.

If you want to fluster him, just read his Icha Icha books out loud! Bonus points if you pretend like you have no idea what all those... terms mean.

Trust is really important to him. He loves seeing how much you trust him, it never fails to make him soft! For him, it’s the small random acts of blind trust!

I hope you’re doing alright! If you need to talk at all, I’m here!!✨💞

ZAIRE i’m 🥺🥺🥺🥺 girl i am simping so hard you really got me...kakashi is really my dream man huh

thank you for this, ilysm 😭💞

[dyketectivecomics]

Six Degrees of Super, Sportsmaster and Irey West

okay so I THINK this could be a short chain but it REALLY hinges on some assumptions that i probably have no right making jfkdl;as

Crock -> Jay Garrick -> Irey West

So the idea here ofc is that Sportsmaster being part of the Injustice Society would mean facing off against Jay & the JSA (& if he and Jay havent had any 1on1 fights, then they'd certainly have a connection a bit looser thru general fights) and then from there there's ofc the Wally connection, even if Jay & Irey haven't had any random bonding moments so fdjksal;

Send me Two Characters and let's play Six Degrees of Super!

[thenewnightforce]

[svtreasure]

um... hi :0

[mctionsick]

the fact tomorrow is my day off and my drafts aren’t COMPLETELY out of control is a miracle!  that means i can focus in on the memes i’ve been hoarding, the starters i’ve been tagged in, and finishing my app for here (hint hint check it out)~