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I’ve decided that my 20s are actually age 25 - 35

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Hexennact by Abigail Larson on Instagram

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"oh that character? yeah i am not into him lol"

- a person that is totally into him

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happy day after summer solstice!! even though there is a life-threatening heat wave hitting my area this week, i will be rewatching supernatural and baking cookies and keeping my A/C on its absolute highest level so i can cosplay autumn

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it sounds so ridiculous but sometimes selfship is such a good way to mend the relationship you have with yourself it’s crazy

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"just write a little every day" ok but what if i write nothing for 3 weeks and then suddenly type like i’m being hunted by god

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anyway. onto better things

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if you're writing and find yourself thinking 'this is too weird/gross/offputting/esoteric/ambitious/catered to my specific interests + sure to push away a broader audience' that is the devil speaking and it is a lie. you are already firmly on the right path and you need to double down

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the big three questions of media analysis: what the author wanted to say, what they actually said, and what they didn’t know they were saying

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Had a dream of him last night now I got the biggest crush on him 😔✋

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i'll defend fanfic for my whole life. like the joy it brings is genuinely transformative and indulgent in a way unique to the genre. it isn't meant for a market, it isn't meant to be sold or marketed. it is born out of such care and passion for a media that one must write and must share it, so other folks can enjoy it to. for no other reason than love and joy. do you know how special that is? especially in our current social and political climate.

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hey uh new type of ao3 spam comment just dropped. (I know it's spam because the fic they left this comment on . doesn't have chapters. lmfao). Report this kinda comment as spam and don't take it personally it is literally recycled bullshit

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I feel like we really lost something when we started looking at writing as a reader-centric product meant to appeal to the desires of a specific audience rather than a writer-centric approach of someone writes whatever particular thing particular compels them/whatever weird thing the demons in their head want to talk about, and people out there who are also compelled, and/or relate, find that writing. A lot of discussions of writing really center around what readers want rather than a writer's exploration. Sometimes as a reader I don't know what I want. I click on a fic or pick up a book I'm not sure about but that looks interesting, and I love it. Reading what I expect to get is it's own joy, but we always need to expand our horizons and not get mad at creators for not always writing what we want/expect.

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hearing that your characterizations are good is like. the best thing to hear as a fic writer.

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