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writing became VERY fun when i realized that i get to cater to my exact tastes and no one can stop me

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Sometimes I really think writers must be crazy. Writing doesn’t pay off at all most of the time: 

You pretty much have to beg other people to read what you invested time and hard work in to create 

Selling and marketing your writing requires a total seperate set of skills and time investment to build/find a suitable audience

You create from the heart naturally the things personal and important to you, so rejection and being ignored hurts much more than by most other hobbies/products

Writing is incredibly hard to judge and meassure for quality, because of how individual taste is with art. 

It’s incredibly hard to notice and measure your own progress and improvement

It’s much more exhausting to consume than movies, music or images, which gets all the more difficult with the shorter attention spans in the modern digitalized era

Since it’s so hard to monetize you have to face the society or your close enviroment, family and friends questioning the value of an activity that doesn’t translate into immediate visible results and money

Lots of activities crucial for writing like researching, reading, daydreaming, outlining, note taking, doodling, meta writing is considered “unproductive” because again, no immediate tangible visible results 

No instant gratification with this hobby. You know how long it takes from a spark of idea to a complete work? Ugh

So people who keep on loving writing and making up stories in their heads are total heroes that totally get more from the internal value of writing like creative expression, processing of emotions, building self-awareness and becoming consious of living, the sheer fun of creating and finishing something and being in control of your own world and characters…which is really fascinating, beautiful and gives me hope for humanity 

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Me, as a Fanfic Writer: Now I never shared any of my writing with my family and friends, but I thought I’d share it with a bunch of virtual strangers on the internet instead

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would you reblog

this and put in the tags how active as a writeblr you are? Use these:

temporary break (for when you are on hiatus)

technically yes but no (for when you were a writeblr but lost interest)

inactive (still a writeblr but currently not doing any writing on here)

barely active (still a writeblr, still writing, but little to no time)

semi-active (barely active 2.0)

all over the place (almost every day of doing something writing-related on here)

Please only respond with reblogs, "cat" being the first tag and one of the indicators listed above as the second tag or it will be very hard for me to actually filter through these reblogs

Feel free to block the tag cat to not be bothered by this

Will take note of reblogs until Saturday, 10th of April

#cat #barely active

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Has your OC ever been bitten by an animal?

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Would you like to receive a question about your oc? 

Like or reblog this post and the unicorn shall soon deliver one to you! 

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“You’re Not a Good Writer.”

I once received a DM comprised of just that sentence. Nothing else. No constructive criticism or any reason as to why this person clearly agreed with my own view of myself.

For someone who has never told anyone in their real life that they write anything, reading something like this from an anonymous user only solidified in my mind the fact that this person was right.

I’m not a good writer.

After an embarrassing amount of minutes passed, in which I thought about deleting every story I ever posted, I decided to delete the message instead. Unfortunately, that didn’t mean I could delete the feelings it caused or change the fact that I’m not a good writer.

Two weeks went by and I didn’t write anything, let alone post. Then I received a comment on a story I had posted three years prior, one I’d written after a death in our family. The comment read, “Thank you for sharing this heartfelt story. I really needed this. I just lost my mom and this really got me today.”

I stopped thinking about being a good writer after that. I thought instead, “what if I had deleted my stories and that one person three years later hadn’t read it that day?”

Here’s what I realized: no one is a good writer.

Good means to be approved of, but stories aren’t created from approval. They’re built from life experiences, feelings, and emotions Therefore, the impact of anyone’s story isn’t good or bad. It’s a million other things.

Heartfelt.

Sad.

Funny.

Inspiring.

Romantic.

So to all the story writers out there, hold your head up, write what is in your heart, and never doubt that there isn’t at least one person out there that needs to read your story.

So, no.

We’re not good writers, but why would we want to be?

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Someone: So what is your novel? Middle grade? YA? Adult? NA?

Me:

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Hello again writeblr! I am looking for more writeblrs to follow so here’s what I’m looking for. If you fall under more than one of these things please reblog this so I can check out your blog!

18+ [Nothing against younger writers but I’m more on the nsfw side and would prefer to stay that way.]

Write anything scifi, fantasy, dystopian, or worldbuilding heavy.

Write bisexual characters! I love to see it ❤

Participate in ask/tag games and need another person to tag! [I’m very forgetful about these but I’m always welcome to be tagged in games.]

🔥 Please do not turn this into a chain post by tagging others I will check out who I choose to.

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reblog if you’re an active writeblr.

writersociety is a brand new blog that i’m dedicating to the writeblr community. i want writers on tumblr to connect with each other, to interact with each other, to lift each other up and inspire each other.

in short, i want to boost your blog.

from this account i’ll be reblogging author introductions, wip intros, creative writing, prose, poetry, fanfiction, short stories, writing prompts, etc., with one goal: to get you and your writeblr friends the recognition you deserve.

like this idea? follow this blog, reblog this post, and start tagging your work with #writersociety. dm me posts from your favorite blogs. send me an ask and gush about your friend’s wip. tag me under a writing resource post. get me out there, so i can return the favor.

this is for every single one of you. this is writersociety. this is just the beginning.

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I need to follow more writers on here.

The content I’ve been seeing on my feed is...underwhelming.

Interact with this post if you make...

Original Stories

Original Content (mood boards, music playlists, etc.)

Writing Advice/Tips

Writing Prompts

Short Stories

Writing Blurbs

Anything and everything that has to do with writing in general.

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For every productive, high-flying writing day there is an equal and opposite burnout day where I'm like...you mean I have to actually use words to do this.

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Do any of your OCs ever glow? If so, describe it — where on their body they glow, what causes them to glow, in which conditions do they glow, how it feels, how your OC feels about it, etc.

#spoiler alert #for my current work or future works? #who knows

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It’s rather offensive that my ideas don’t just write and edit themselves into a perfect novel that just appears on my desk for me to read

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Reblog this if you're a writeblr and you wouldnt mind:

Random asks about your wips

Being tagged in tag games by people you don't know yet

Strangers complimenting your work

Fellow writeblrs striking up conversations

Interaction with new writeblrs in general

I see so many folks afraid to jump in to the community, so hopefully this post will lay out like a welcome mat for new folks to come say hi :)