#i am so sorry to jump on this ask with a 'wips are aweesome'

[tennessoui]

I don't read wips but I just adore your writing so I read wips if you write them 😊

ahh!! thank you!! i do 100% understand where this sentiment is coming from (what's more agonizing than a story leaving off on its climax or right after the characters get together or just as you fall in love with their characterizations??? and then having to wait days-week-months for more is awful, especially because the longer time goes on, the more liable you are--i am at least--to forget the nuance of each chapter and why i loved the fic in the first place)

but i will also say i never would have finished my first couple of stories in this fandom if it weren't for the encouragement i got while i was writing!! i remember my favorite part of writing uses my body to break your fall was posting a chapter, ending it on a cliffhanger, and then going grocery shopping and refreshing my email every few minutes to hear readers yell about how they wanted more and how they loved what i wrote and (respectfully) wanted to know what happened next, so i would go home from the grocery store and start typing out what happened next because it felt less like posting into a void!!

and im not really a new writer anymore, it's been a year and after 1,000,000 words i'm gonna count myself as established, but i do think people reading the stories as i posted really made me continue, and there are a bunch of new writers in the fandom right now, and supporting their wips is just imo absolutely critical to keeping the talent and passion we have in this fandom alive!!!!

#asks #i am so sorry to jump on this ask with a 'wips are aweesome' #because it is so sweet of you to read mine especially when my updating schedule reads like #a drunken sailor's star chart someone else thinks is a connect-the-dots #so thank you so much for the enjoyment and the faith and the patience holy shit youre amazing #but ive just been thinking about the wip thing a lot #fandom #obikin