dear readers and writers
โ a little advice i wish i would have heard before i started this blog and writing in general. sorry iโm that writer that makes post like these, i just want you to understand that things like this change everything. if this looks like a lot, just find the ones that pertain to you.
writers
โค ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ๐๐
there are so many good works that come from you focusing on the genres you are most comfortable with, and only writing those is not a bad thing. itโs not aย โyouโre not growing as a writerโ situation, itโs a comfort zone situation. just because smuts do well doesnโt mean you have to force yourself to write them. just because angsts come in bulk because you can never ignore the emotional bits of writing doesnโt mean that has to be the main focus of every work. just because fluffs are the most reblogged content doesnโt mean itโs the only genre people will enjoy from you. focus on what you love, others will follow!
โค ๐ซ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ, ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ
if you donโt consistently open your inbox, do it at least once. close it when you feel overwhelmed or at any time you feel necessary. donโt believe that you have to write them all in a short period of time. be statistical about it: only open it for a short game or blurbs. use the requests to fill in blanks or practice writing in different ways. play with the word counts. change up the tone. delete a few, youโre not obligated to actually write them, this is your free time and your work. but sometimes doing requests can change how you write, maybe even give you a breakthrough you wouldnโt have had with writing things from your own mind. and have fun.
โค ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐๐งโ๐ญ ๐ญ๐๐๐ค๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ
filling the warnings up with silly little comments or parts from the story is important, too. even if itโs a paragraphโs worth of potential warnings or triggers, never skip adding them. even if you think itโs something not worth mentioning, it will be to someone. add as many as necessary.
โค ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐,๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐
word counts donโt determine how good of a writer you are. from brilliant blurbs with two paragraphs and one line of dialogue, drabbles with less than a thousand words, or full on double digits fics: what counts is that you enjoyed writing it. it made you excited. you paused just to mention to a friend how much you love writing it. you got chills piecing together that one line. that energy gets put through your work and into your reader, seriously.
โค ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ'๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ?
everyone reads. anything. everything. you name it, one personโs read it. whether your confidence in your writing ability is low or not, the process will only benefit you. and you get to spend time writing about some of your favorite people/characters, itโs a win-win. itโs no competition, only a fun time that you get to create and share with the world. try it.
โค ๐ ๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐ฑ๐ญ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐
the more detail, the better the mental picture. if you read something and love visualizing every scene, hearing every line, then you should work for the same within your stories. close your eyes and put your scene into your surroundings, every little detail counts. and although i said word counts donโt mean anything, if your brain does focus on you having large word counts (it happens to every writer, big word counts make you feel cool for writing so much), then this is a sexy step to use because it heightens that number pretty quickly.
short sentences look weird, but are better than run-ons.
vocabulary is sexy and thesaurus dot com is your best friend. need a word but can only think of something similar, youโll find it there. used the same word three times now and think youโre starting to look insane, you are, use your sources.
you donโt need a banner or aesthetics for everything you write. the writing does all of the work itself. donโt stress about the accessories.
burnt out on writing the same thing / canโt think of what else to put down? break time. take a tangent, write something else, cut it off there (maybe post it) and leave the rest for the future, the cliffhanger or abrupt ending will have everyone on the edge of their seats. youโre still doing well.
if youโre writing to gain a following or have extensive amounts of notes to brag about, youโre into writing fanfics for the wrong reasons. hoping for feedback is one thing, feasting for it as your only source of inspiration for writing is just hurting yourself and other writers in the long run. write for yourself and no one else.
writerโs block? hell if i know, iโve had it since before i started writing.
readers
โค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค
a little feedback goes a mile. a simple emoji as a reaction, keyboard smashes, even tagging topical things can make a fanfic writer smile.
but long paragraphs also go a long way. imagine watching a movie you love to bits, so much so that you go online and read reviews of it. that commentary can shift the way you look at the movie forever, and stick with you during other films. itโs the same with receiving and reading feedback on fanfics. Iโm not saying go crazy critical with your feedback, do not do that unless the writer says they want criticism, but maybe writing why you love one particular line so much could change the way the writer feels about the entire work or make a reader begin to love the same line so much that they quote it or recommend it. it makes a difference!
โค ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ?
tell the writer. this isnโt an โi wrote this and it mentions all of these other things, so you should have expected thisโ game. if it bothered you, it will probably bother someone else, and that needs to be told to the writer. i donโt know what to tell you if a writer writes back being degrading or negative about your concern for that warning, but i promise you that most writers will not argue with whether it should be a warning or not and will just add it. do not be scared to mention something that triggered you if it was not mentioned in the warnings. also, please remember writers are humans and cannot think of everything all the time. we might miss one or two warnings within the work when writing the description, so please tell us.
โค โ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ, ๐ข ๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ .โ
pain. straight pain. your reblog shares that post with your followers. you like it, why wouldnโt they? that reblog stays on your page, itโll be seen. the tags you put in could help others find more works on your blog, essentially helping more works be found. maybe theyโre old and havenโt seen the light of the recent tags in months, but your reblog could help more people still see it, and that makes a difference. we all have those lazy moments where we donโt want to do all of the steps, but even doing them sometimes helps.
โค ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ฒ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐?
readers can scroll through the list for their preferences, find new writers that amaze them, maybe they gain the courage to put together their own fic recs list. all of those recommended fics are still floating around and being shared, they donโt get lost in the tags or the writerโs masterlists. you find/make a recs list: congratulations, youโre contributing to helping fanfics thrive (as they deserve). also, who doesnโt love an entire list right in front of them so they donโt have to go on a scavenger hunt to find new things to read? answer: no one.
โค ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐?
tags to organize, fics to go through/find/read, oh my. let me let you in on a little secret:
have you ever had that moment where you suddenly remember one line or scene from a fic you read months ago, and you have the vaguest details to go off of in order to search and find it? your fics recs blog would have you covered, just scroll through the feed or the tags and boom, itโs at your fingertips.
now imagine someone else looking for more fics to read stumbling upon your blog. might look a little strange and coded to them, but eventually they navigate and find a new fic theyโll be talking about for months. they reblog it, add their own feedback, their followers see it and join in, and that writer feels immensely appreciated all because you started a recs blog and just-so-happened to reblog their fic. tah dah.
โค ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ?
well, so did i. i asked my followers on this blog and my recs blog to send in their favorite fics with some extra details and feedback thinking i wouldnโt get anything, but i got an entire list! guess whatโs even better? that list went straight into the tags (thanks to tumblr working properly for once) and now anyone that searches up โkpop fic recsโ can find it at any time. same goes for your own. thereโs no specific way of organizing a recs list, just make sure the links work and the writers are credited! it helps.
read more! itโs a vast world in your hands, enjoy the words that go along with it.
sorry for this technical rant/advice post, this has just been in me for a while and i wanted to talk about it. I might add more to this as things come up, but for now i hope this helps! <3
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