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i have a few smutty wips that i keep trying to work on and i keep getting embarrassed and having to stop

how do i get past this

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writers and artists will go "this isn't good enough." my brother in christ, you're creating something new out of nothing and expressing yourself creatively. your productivity and unrealistic standards of perfection do not define you or the worth of your art. you're doing great.

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my western evangelical upbringing has made me feel like i have to justify sex in my writing

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forgor about my FUCKING tea again

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This is for all the unsung fic writers; the ones who don’t make the must-read lists, the ones who don’t get recced, the ones who don’t get hundreds of kudos, the rarepair writers out on the peripheries of fandom, the ones who toil away quietly for the handful of people who read and love them. You matter - you’re a writer too, and don’t you ever forget it. :)

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A message from an AO3 author to fanfiction readers:

If you leave a comment on my work, then I love you.

If you go through my account leaving comments on all my works and every chapter that I update, then I love you.

You will never be annoying. You will never be the exception. I will never not love someone appreciating my work.

If you leave kudos, then I love you.

If you just read my fic, and don't interact, then I love you.

If you scroll past my works and never read them, then I STILL love you.

We are a community, we love each other.

Let's stop forgetting that.

#i may not respond because i am Nervous but i love and appreciate you #xell repeats

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If people love my fics it feels like they love and approve of a very real and deep part of me

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I made something

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thesaurus.com save me

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Yeah I enjoyed this movie a normal amount *opens ao3*

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i mean this so seriously if you have any sort of creative project you can and should be a little obsessed with it. you should reread your own writing and look at your own art and brag about your ocs its literally good for your health

#i do actually love to reread my own fic #i wrote it for me

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yes i am re-reading my own fic i am proud of it i enjoy it and i wrote it for me

#xell says #maybe that sounds egotistical #but consider! i am my one true audience

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alsjfhskakjfh one of my favorite authors BOOKMARKED MY STORY???? i am going to Explode

every time I get kudos from an ao3 author i recognize, I am fired out of a cannon and directly to the moon

#xell says #i’m freaking out actually #thank you so much!!

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every time I get kudos from an ao3 author i recognize, I am fired out of a cannon and directly to the moon

#xell says #i’m so thrilled ppl whose stuff i enjoy also enjoy my stuff!!!!

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would you?

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trying to write for fun again for the first time in 10 years is great and all, but i wish i could just fucking write the story in order?????

#cyborg lover favorite flavor #just finished ch 2 #have approximately 25% of ch 1 done #do not hold your breath

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got a really nice comment on my first ever published fic, and i am going to cherish that for the rest of my life

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