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[athenanfaymont]

Fanfiction vs. Original Stories: A Writer’s Solitude and Community ✍️📖

Writing is a lonely craft. It’s you, your keyboard (or notebook if you're fancy 🖊️📓), and the whirlwind of ideas in your head. But writing fanfiction? That’s a different kind of magic. That’s stepping into a shared universe, playing with beloved characters, and knowing that, out there, someone is just as obsessed as you with the same dynamics, the same what-ifs, the same need to fix that one scene that haunts you at night. 👀✨

Fanfiction is never written in isolation. Even if you’re typing away at 3 AM, half-delirious, fueled by caffeine and questionable life choices, you know that someone will read it. Someone will comment (although people are becoming more and more stingy and it is something that we MUST solve as a community). Someone will scream in the tags. Someone will send you an ask saying, “HOW DARE YOU HURT ME LIKE THIS” (which, let’s be honest, is the highest form of writerly praise 😌💅).

But original fiction? That’s a whole different beast. You’re still creating worlds, shaping characters, bleeding onto the page… but there’s no built-in audience waiting. No immediate feedback loop. It’s just you, hoping that one day, someone will care about your world as much as you do. And that loneliness? That silence? Sometimes, it’s suffocating.

I’m not saying one is better than the other—both are acts of love. But writing fanfiction feels like sitting around a campfire, sharing stories with friends who nod, gasp, and laugh at all the right moments 🔥👥 .Meanwhile, writing original fiction sometimes feels like shouting into the void, waiting for an echo that may never come.

And yet… we write. Because stories demand to be told. Because whether it’s in a shared universe or one of our own making, we crave connection 💜

So, to all the writers out there—whether you’re posting fics at breakneck speed or painstakingly crafting an original novel—I see you. I hear you. And I hope you find the audience that makes you feel a little less alone, even if it's just a good friend who years later asks you why you didn't finish that story.

🖤✍️ Tag your favorite writers. Hype up indie authors. Accompany fanfic writers on their journey. Support the storytellers 🔥📖

[zeithforge]

Writing a book series with the same characters is a gift and a curse!

You know them better than anyone. You know how they like, what they fear, the way they react to the smallest things. You've spent so much time in their heads, you sometimes forget they aren't real.

But keeping their story alive? Making it matter—again and again? That’s the real challenge.

It’s easy to fall into the comfort of them—their familiar habits, the patterns you’ve built. But with each new book, the question looms: how do you keep it from going stale? How do you make their journey feel fresh, earned, meaningful?

You don’t want to repeat yourself. You don’t want to throw in conflict just for the sake of drama. And you definitely don’t want to change who they are just because the plot demands it.

It becomes a delicate balancing act: growth vs. consistency, surprise vs. authenticity. You’re always chasing that line between who they’ve always been—and who they’re still becoming.

Sometimes, you get stuck. Sometimes, it feels like there's nothing left to say. But then something small happens—an image, a line of dialogue, a sudden thought—and suddenly, you’re back. Not because you forced it, but because you listened. Because deep down, their story wasn’t over. It just needed time.

Writing a series isn’t about reinventing the wheel every time. It’s about deepening the characters, letting them evolve naturally—even when it feels uncomfortable.

And yeah, it’s hard. But it’s also kind of magic. And maybe that’s what keeps us going—not the pressure to top the last book, but the quiet hope that there’s still something left to discover. Something true. Something real.

[imunbreakabledude]

(i promise i do not mean the following in a mean way, as I appreciate people's creations & also recognize there are soooo many skills that go into game design and hacking that are hard and that I don't have)

but wow there is nothing like playing fan-made game hacks to make you feel more confident in your own writing cuz like. i dunno. it feels like just writing casual dialogue is one of the easiest building block skills in the world but a lot of people just like. can't write average filler dialogue for games that sounds normal. like. it's hard to explain why. it's not like official pokemon games are like, the most indepth incredible character arcs and witty dialogue and shit. but when you play fan games with original dialogue and story (or experience the few new bits of dialogue in modified vanilla games) it's just like so jarring

[janemaisonblog]

Natures Masterpiece

It’s spring's soft embrace, so the cherry blossoms dance. Their petals like whispers, a gardens kiss, in sweet sigh of  romance. Pink you, and me white, like blossoms, our love unfurled in  graceful flight. A symphony of joy, bathed in daylight's light. Beneath the canopy of blooming trees, Two tickled hearts entwined, swept by a gentle breeze. With each delicate petal that falls, Echoes of passion, love's sweet calls. A promise sealed, a love story continued, petals flutter,  As they tenderly sway. Embracing the world in its gentle swirls. Vows capturing love's essence in their display. So let us linger 'neath this floral canopy, In the realm of cherry blossoms, I bud for you, A love eternal, forever entwined.

_JM

[canonicallyuneven]

I disagree.

The biggest tragedy is being a writer and living and working with the (mostly unrealistic) hope that someone will romance you as perfectly as you write your characters's romances.

The biggest tragedy is knowing there is no one who is ever likely to romance myself as well as me. 🤣

[exploresmallworlds]

Interregum: writer tales

My two projects are vastly different. These are different styles. A deeply personal introspection on the world outside and the other one is exploring the world of the characters which aren't necessarily myself (although somewhat myself of course).

I have written a bit and yesterday i had to give myself the strength to look at the things that I have already written and published. Even as a blog, I still get scared about what I am going to put to my goblin persona. i had them sitting in my scrivener and I wasn't even sure that they were good enough. And they have to be good enough to update because there isn't anything else that is compelling it except the strange impetus of missing out on a couple of months while I had a break.

So if anyone reads and thinks that they have been creating stuff and it hasn't felt strong enough to publish or even that it needs more work please know that even though I have hit my my modest goal of getting better at writing I am still looking at my work and I am still having concerns about the validity of publishing it.

And I am comforted by my conversations with one of my friends that have the same issue with writers block because this person is one of the smartest and most skilled writers that I know and he can't even open a book or listen to audiobook or even write due to burnout. And that is a sobering thought. That our output doesn't have anything to do with our blocks in our brain. That person is still the smartest and most skilled writer even in their blocked state. And that is the trust you have to have in yourself.

[jreynoldsward]

Sometimes characters just sneak up on you. They're just secondary characters, not even a protagonist, someone you created to fill a needed spot in the story, but somehow, before you know it, that secondary persona has enough backstory and a sufficient story arc behind them that could fill a book or two. So, what can you do?

You write their story. In this case, The Heritage of Michael Martiniere.

Michael Marcus Martiniere, clone of Philip Martiniere, adopted son of Gabriel Martiniere and Ruby Barkley, was one of those characters. I needed something more in the plot of Realization, the third book of the Martiniere Legacy. A piece to fit in with Philip Martiniere's cyborg schemes and, well--Philip in this series is enough of a sociopath that he would create clones with the intention of using them for parts and blood transfusions, and the later possibility that he could transfer a digital personality clone into a physical clone as a means to live forever.

It gave Ruby and Gabe an additional dynamic to resolve in that book, especially Gabe in dealing with the twin concerns of guilt over not being around while his son Brandon was growing up, and worry that he won't see Philip's clone as anything but a copy of Philip.

Michael--Mikey--Mike--rose to the challenge. The frightened, timid, hurting five-year-old clone who nonetheless had enough courage to stand up to his toxic progenitor and threaten to bite if Philip laid hands on him. But who also fell madly in love with horses when he first sees them, as well as dogs, unlike his progenitor.

I had to think hard about Mike's arc. I decided that in this case, cloning meant being raised from birth to adulthood at a regular pace. I also added in the "Dolly factor"--accelerated aging, and susceptibility to the ailments that plagued Philip when the host tissue was harvested. Mike had arthritis at an early age. Heart attack at fifteen, which led to the discovery of cancer and then crippling osteoporosis. Besides being a clone, he needed cyborg heart and lung replacements, and later cyborg bone replacements in his arms and legs.

Besides the health issues, everyone around Mike also had to worry about the possibility that Mike might turn out to be too much like his progenitor, with the same sociopathic drives toward acquiring and holding power. He's clearly heir to Philip's intellect--Philip might have been evil and dangerous, but no one denied that he was brilliant.

Fortunately, for whatever reasons--a singleton rather than a twin, perhaps, or just the different upbringing, Mike is the opposite of his progenitor in many ways. That doesn't mean Mike isn't ruthless when he needs to be--he is a Martiniere, with all that implies. But the concern and care he received from Ruby and Gabe, as well as the others around him--Brandon, who accepts him as brother, Justine, who accepts him as nephew, and all the other Martiniere connections as well as Mike's ties to his dogs and horses--means that Mike grew up being loved and understanding it.

And when Mike has to face off with Philip's digital thought clone that is determined to possess him--it is the love and support of his connections that sustains him in that final battle.

The Heritage of Michael Martiniere is available on Amazon, Apple, Barnes and Noble, Bookshop, Kobo, and Smashwords (25% off at Smashwords through the month of July!). Links available here.

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[jackywroteabook]

The Last Summer by Jacquelyn Eubanks

{Book 1 in The Last Summer Series}

Read now.

[dutifullyloudmilkshake]

Writing Thought #1

Not every reader needs to be a writer, but every writer should be a reader.

[writingrx]

The quiddity of writing is thought-full, punctuated words

Don Bates, WritingRX.tumblr.com

[writerslifeorg-blog]

Are You a Writer Here Are the Signs - WritersLife.org

[naishtikaavs]

WEDNESDAYwisdom

"We should aim to reduce complexity in our writing as much as possible. We won't lose credibility by doing so. Our readers will comprehend and retain our ideas more reliably. And we'll have a higher likelihood of reaching more people." — Shane Snow

www.naishtika.com

[imunbreakabledude]

man... I reread TMDOMS a lot because... I miss writing it. I love writing long, serialized stories with broader arcs! I love getting to do silly episodic plots and long term development... recurring themes and running jokes... sigh.....

[janemaisonblog]

Pearls u love

I got accustomed to us; we were two nestled pearls in a shell. Splitting forcefully, my partnered pearl gone. I’m left in hindsight. Missing a bonded snug shell; our paired existence is my essence. I am muddied from tarnished water splashing in, and I am longing to be strung together once again. An earlet for each side, just you and I.

_JM

[kareneiizabeth]

I’ve barely been able to contain myself—you guys, I’m going to the Flathead Writer’s Conference!! 🥳✍️ I’m SO insanely excited for this opportunity and everything it’ll bring! I’ll be keeping all of you updated on some of the best, craziest parts of the convention as I get prepped to go (and as I’m there 😜) And if you think this is the biggest news I’ll be delivering in the near future, BUCKLE UP—I’ve still got a thing or two up my sleeve. 😉 | | | #flatheadwriterscon #writingconference #writingcon #writcon #yoga authorsofinstagram #author #authorlife #writing #writingcommunity #writings #writinglife #writingthought #writingtips #writinginspiration #writingislife #WritingOfIG #writingsofinstagram #writingofinstagram #writingabook #writingtime #writingsociety #WritingQuotes #writingcommunityofig #writingsoftheday #writinglove #writingonthewall #WritingIsLove #writingpoetry #writingstuff #writingkeepsmesane (at Flathead County, Montana) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfzWDSwvZbg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[plenty4u]

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