#write it!

[aclosetfan]

I'm working on a long fic (particularly, one that's gonna cover a lot of heavy and dark themes) and as somebody who doesn't have much experience with writing but wants to get this idea out there, I'm honestly a bit scared of my writing being seen as bad and coming off as an edgelord. I do all the research I can when covering heavier topics but other than that I'm afraid of coming off as a bad/annoying writer. Should I just... go for it?

Okay, I have a few anons that I have to catch up on that I won’t until next week (I’m moving rn), but I got this one and wanted to answer right away!

Go for it! :)

Not to sound cliche, but who cares? truly, who cares if you come off as an edge lord?? You’re writing it for you not for anyone else and if you want to explore darker themes do it!! No one else’s opinion should matter.

Besides, the only way you get better at writing is if you actually write ♥️ even if it’s “bad,” which btw it won’t be!! you’ve done something a lot of people aren’t willing to do, and that’s putting yourself out there and trying something new. Ppl who don’t write, or even ppl who don’t post their fics, can’t say jack shit because ur braver then them

you also don’t even have to do a shit ton of research! Sometimes too much research takes away the ✨whimsy✨ ppl like to read fanfic to escape, not get unsolicited therapeutic advice, so if you don’t 100% nail a topic, the only people who are going to be mad are the ppl with too much time

Also, srsly, it’s fanfic. You’re not going to get paid for this, there isn’t any grades, u probably aren’t going to get a book deal out of it, so even if it sucks, what’s it going to cost you??? That’s not saying it’s all for nothing, but if you have fun and enjoy why you’re writing, then boom! It’s worth it

People cry and bitch and moan about writing rules 🙄 “oh if you post to ao3 you HAVE to do this!” Or “I won’t read anything unless it has this!” Forget those idiots, there’s literally no rules when it comes to writing! If anyone gives you shit, ur work wasn’t for them in the first place!!

The people who are interested in the type of story ur writing are going to read it no matter what. Everything written resonates with someone from hundreds to a handful, so don’t be shy, throw ur whole amateur self into it.

Write it! Write it! Write it! Write it! Write it! Write it!

Besides I’ll read anything I’m asked, so hey, you’ve already got one reader :)

[eibeeseedee]

Writing prompt!:

You are from the royal family, tasked to summon and guide a hero into saving your kingdom, and after years of research and trial and error, you were able to summon a hero from another world.

When the Hero awoke, you begin your welcome speech, they seem to repeat your speech word for word, and when you were finished, they suddenly run backwards, and phase through the castle walls.

[indestructiblelittlefuckers]

(Nooo but listen, idc how they do it on the show, although I kinda trust them, but if Izzy dies, Ed isn't gonna cope... like at all. How can he when he has spent decades with Izzy? When they know each other so well? When Izzy is the only one that has seen him at his worst and still stayed, when—)

[lesbinewren]

we need to make using chatgpt embarrassing bc sorry it really is. what do you mean you can’t write an email

[alivingtypo]

you can pry starting sentences with 'and' or 'but' out of my cold, dead hands

[pierog]

i'm so glad goncharov happened when it did, right before prolific public use of AI. that was pure honest gaslighting straight from the heart. real human whimsicality and trickery thru blood sweat and tears. we were a family. and we all gonched, together. you cant replicate that with any machine.

[derrypubliclibrary]

the fanfiction in my head is soooo good wish you guys could see this

[animentality]

[going2hell4everythingbutbeingbi]

I firmly believe that some stories can never be translated into a different medium and that's okay

[sleeplessv0id]

what doesn't kill you makes you weird at intimacy

[blueboxbeagle]

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[out-of-jams]

REVERSE TROPE WRITING PROMPTS

Too many beds

Accidentally kidnapping a mafia boss

Really nice guy who hates only you

Academic rivals except it’s two teachers who compete to have the best class

Divorce of convenience

Too much communication

True hate’s kiss (only kissing your enemy can break a curse)

Dating your enemy’s sibling

Lovers to enemies

Hate at first sight

Love triangle where the two love interests get together instead

Fake amnesia

Soulmates who are fated to kill each other

Strangers to enemies

Instead of fake dating, everyone is convinced that you aren’t actually dating

Too hot to cuddle

Love interest CEO is a himbo/bimbo who runs their company into the ground

Nursing home au

[i-used-to-be-a-spy]

"you should be at the club" I should be working on my fanfic

[cityelf]

this poem is about being nonbinary.

[arynneva]

wait do people read first person stories and think they're the ones in the story???

Saw people talking about not liking first person, which is fair, but their reasoning was like "I would not do that" and I don't understand that mindset.

First person stories are still about a character. A character making their own decisions. First person isn't about you???? At least I thought it wasn't. What am I missing? I've always seen first person as just a more in-depth look into a character's mind and stricter POV. Not as a reader stand-in.