#writers supporting each other

[kimboo-york]

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It’s a positive environment filled with encouragement and gentle accountability!!!! All writerly persuasions welcome! Pro, amateur, fanfiction, non-fiction are all welcome!

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[carn-e-vil]

oh yeah.... im making aus now.... florist au but al haitham is a part time employee at the plant nursery tighnari owns and kaveh keeps running into him

[sotwk]

It breaks my heart whenever I see a writer/artist apologizing like, "I'm sorry I haven't updated/posted anything new lately. I've been sick/depressed/going through stuff. I think I need to slow down/some time off."

My dears, first of all, I hope you're okay and that things get better.

Secondly, you don't owe anything and you don't have to meet an activity quota to be on this site or in this fandom. Just be. Preferably be happy and healthy.

We love that you're here, but we'll still love you when you have to be away. We just want you to be safe and to take care of yourself. <3

[the-kipsabian]

wrestling fic writers!!

i have decided to be the change i wanna see, so lets do a nice little thing for each other, as a community full of incredible and talented writers. yes this is writer specific only, but thats cause thats where the main problem of people not interacting with creative works lies in this fandom as far as i can tell and have seen people talking about it especially in the last couple of months

if you read this, please add links to your written works. it can be just a single fic youre really proud of, your writing blog, your writing tag, your ao3 account, anything where your works can be found

and if you leave your link here, PLEASE check out someone else that has left their works, and interact with them. leave them a comment, even just a kudos, REBLOG their fic, etc. interacting is the keyword i want to emphasize here, along with building a sort of a masterpost of where to find people writing in this fandom

and if you are not a writer, youre still highly encouraged to interact with this post and share it and show love to the writers in this fandom, obviously!! i think that should go without saying, but adding it in anyways

a bit more about my vision and resources and such under the read more, but thats the gist of it. happy linking and please be kind and supportive to each other!! 💜

nobody is too big or too small to add their things on this list. if you write and post anything in this fandom whatsoever, be it fics or drabbles or headcanons, any companies or any kind of ships or reader inserts or any content whatsoever no matter how 'dead dove dont eat' or hell even if its just meta, we welcome all here and nobody can say that one thing is less valid than another. just please tag your content accordingly, especially if theres content warnings, and feel free to mention what you write, who you write, any info you wish to leave that would help people before they click on your links. but even so, that should not and hopefully will not deter people from interacting, no matter what it is. someones trash is another ones treasure, i promise you

and unless the amount gets really overwhelming, im personally going to be checking out everyone that leaves something here. unless it squeaks me out, but even then, i'll spread the word. and i just wish as many people as possible will do the same, and not just use this as a potential board to only get eyes on their stuff. ofc thats also the point, but you should give as much, if not more, than you get. we need to be kind and supportive of one another (besides, from personal experience, if you show love to someone else, they are more likely to do it back than without you taking the first step, so... pay it forward)

as for resources, heres a few links that should be helpful in leaving comments and feedback. of course everyone does their own thing and no comment is too big or too small to leave, but for those who need them. if you have anything you'd like added to this list, dont hesitate to get in touch or drop it in the post yourself!!

101 comment starters

ao3 floating comment box

kudos html

dont know how to comment? easy solutions

a quick hot guide to commenting (by yours truly)

an overall guide to appreciating fanfic writers

and just in general.. leave people comments. leave them asks about their projects. just go over and gush about their work. i know it sounds embarrassing but writers love nothing more than to hear that someone likes what they are doing. if you find a fic that hasnt been updated in forever, comment on it. it might just be the spark the author needs to continue. while kudos and likes are nice, and just as valuable to some, its definitely in the words the people leave for them that matter the most. im not saying this to put pressure on anyone, its just how it is, and i feel like unless people are writers themselves, and even then sometimes, thats just hard to grasp, especially if the writer is a smaller and less popular one who doesnt get a lot of traffic in the first place

i think thats all. just be nice and considered to everyone, reblog peoples works, this post with others add ons and so forth. and if i find anyone talking shit here or at other writers for something they share, you'll be blocked and im probably taking your kneecaps. be fucking nice. we are all struggling here and we need to stick together

happy sharing and commenting 💜💜

[sloaaaa]

i enjoy toxic yuri mafuena as much as the next person but sometimes i wish people would focus more on how ena takes care of mafuyu. like when ena held her hand in one of the guiding a list child card stories. or when she was telling mafuyu to move when the light turned green in that one area conversation. they complement each other in so many different ways that's so fucking good and idk how to put it into words and i want to explode

[bitchthefuck1]

you know what, I actually will talk about this because it's bothering me. The issue with focussing so heavily on syd and carmy's potential for a romantic relationship isn't that there's something inherently unintellectual about romance or whatever, it's that a lot of people seem incapable of doing that without immediately flattening the story and ignoring or intentionally misreading any and all nuance for the sake of that romance. Every scene suddenly becomes about how it impacts their relationship, every analysis is done through a romantic lens, every frame or line of dialogue becomes about finding some easter egg or hint that "proves" these people should start dating. Their dynamic is absolutely a fundamental part of this show, but if you can only see it as a will-they-won't-they, you miss so much of what the story is actually trying to say with these two.

There are good versions of this story where their relationship is romantic and there are good versions of this story where it isn't, but as soon as you decide them being together is "the point," you lose the ability to actually judge the story for what it is, not what you want it to be.

[blindmagdalena]

I'm sorry ahead of time because this gives off such a simpy parasocial vibe (bcs you're a tumblr celebrity in my eyes lol) but I'm very grateful for you and your blog! I've been on tumblr for like over a decade but I've never ever interacted with anyone in whatever fandom I've been in. I don't know what is it about your space here that possessed me to finally make a blog and share things and engage with others but I'm so grateful for it. You were such a lovely gateway into the fandom and your blog is just such a good vibe. Definitely inspired me to feel less cringe about posting stuff. I'm currently working my way through writing a mildly cringe Homelander voice kink fic that is inspired by some of the headcanons you've written in the past. I rarely feel inspired enough to write, let alone feel like sharing my work but for once I genuinely feel like the fandom is so nice and accepting that it's worth giving it a shot!! Anyway, don't mind me just felt like pouring my heart out lol. Thanks for being awesome and being part of the fandom!!

ah man, don't apologize at all! thank you so much! i can't tell you how happy i am that i could at all contribute to your decision to engage with the fandom and share your creativity. i've also been on and off tumblr for many years, and coming back to it i was pretty shocked by how much the culture had changed. no one should be afraid of sharing their fan work! that's what fandom is! fandom community is honestly more important to me than any of the actual material the fandom comes from lol

well i haven't read it yet but i'm over the moon excited about your voice kink fic!!! that happens to be one of my very favorite kinks, and if it's cringy then i'm most definitely the conductor of the cringetrain.

thank YOU for being part of the fandom! i can't wait to see what else you bring to it! 🖤🖤🖤

[avianreptiles]

I have way too much respect for artists to ever bash someone's art/artstyle

[marymekpop]

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[kimboo-york]

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[pianokantzart]

Luigi is The Most Loyal MVP On The Planet

Mario has a dream to quit his construction job and start his own plumbing business? Luigi believes in that dream enough not only follow after his brother, but join him in investing their life savings in a commercial. 

Mario is parkouring through an active work zone to get to their destination because the van won’t start? Luigi follows best he can, despite not being nearly as coordinated or daring as his brother. 

Mario sees a city-wide plumbing emergency unfolding on TV in the middle of the night? Luigi is already letting himself get dragged outside to whatever craziness Mario is planning.

Mario’s jumping into a watery whirlpool spinning down an open manhole? Shuffling across an unsteady pipe over a precarious pit in a gambit to save Brooklyn? Luigi is terrified, but he follows close behind.

Despite how obvious it is that Bowser loathes Mario for traveling with his “fiancee,” Luigi proclaims his admiration for his brother in a fit of terror, with how much he misses him outshining any sort of rational thought.

When the final battle in Brooklyn erupts, Luigi hides in a dumpster. He is a frightened everyman caught in the middle of a battle between superpowers. He has no training, no power ups, and barely even any knowledge of power ups beyond what he’s witnessed. But then he sees his wounded big brother reenter the scene to face Bowser, and Luigi knows that he needs to join the fight too.

Mario takes up residence in a dimension that, to Luigi, has been filled with nothing but terror and mayhem? Of course he’s going to join him. They’re a team!

NGL, I’d fight a gorilla for Luigi too. 

[sotwk]

We all tell ourselves and each other that "notes don't matter, create for yourself".

But it's crazy how noticing/remembering the lack of notes on your content can quickly tank your desire to continue creating.

It happens to most of us, I think. Fortunately, some of us bounce back. Unfortunately, some of us don't.

[plutolovesyou]

Getting support on fics so rough nowadays

how i feel reposting my fics: 😭😭😭

LMFAOOOOO help that is the realest thing ever 😭😭 its like "hi guys!! icymi..." and then again "reposting this again" LIKESJSH0IHSPJVS all jokes aside, at least it's not a tooootal ghost town, it can always be worse😭😭 and any support means soso much <3

[lexosaurus]

Ok I'm making this its own post because I don't want it to clog up the intended lighthearted post I made yesterday.

But as my friends in the phandom and I have now entered our mid/late 20's and early 30's, and are now entering serious, long term relationships, the conversation of "do we tell our partners we like Danny Phantom/make content for Danny Phantom?" are turning into rather serious and interesting discussions. And from talking to people, it's interesting to see the mix of responses.

Some people I've talked to, especially people who date other creatives, have seemingly no problem opening up about their DP hobby with their partner. Others, myself included, are much more protective of their hobby.

But one trend I've found really interesting, and again this is ENTIRELY anecdotal, is that of the people I've talked to, it seems to be that the writers of the phandom, especially those who have written angst/dissection fics, are especially hesitant to tell their partners that they 1. like Danny Phantom and are into phandom stuff, and 2. that they write fanfiction. On the other hand—again, this is anecdotal—the artists of the phandom that I've spoken to tend to lean more on the side of "yeah my partner knows I draw DP fan art idgaf."

THIS IS JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION, but as a writer who is in a serious adult relationship who also has written some horrific angst and is dating a Straight Dude™️ who when I jokingly said "there was only one bed" looked at me like I had grown two heads, I think that the hesitancy comes from really a place of fear that if your partner ever found your fanfiction, they would think you are deeply mentally disturbed and need therapy.

Because, especially for those who do not write or read, a lot of people don't really associate grimdark or angst or whump or whatever the fuck terminology it is, with purely creative entertainment. They can watch a show like Game of Thrones and see people get tortured, raped, and gutted on screen and not think the writers or directors of that show are weird because it's a TV show, it's just entertainment for the public. But when someone does the same thing but posts it online for free under fanfiction—aka is not making money off of it and is showcasing their personal hobby—then people tend to worry about that writer's mental health because why else would they want to write this dark shit if they weren't mentally ill? It couldn't POSSIBLY be for the same reason I like watching GOT, there MUST be something wrong with them.

So when a dp writer has to explain why they personally enjoy Danny Phantom, it can be really hard to admit because those fears sort of swirl around your brain. Whereas for visual media, admitting you like drawing glowy ghost art for an old cartoon appears to be a bit easier.

Again, this is just my personal anecdotal observation there will always be exceptions to this I am NOT speaking on behalf of everyone thank you 🙏

Also I'm really curious from both writers and artists in the phandom to hear your experiences with this and whether or not you've told partners that you do fan art/write fanfiction for DP.

[angelasscribbles]

Writers Group

A few weeks ago, I had a lovely conversation with @peonierose about writing and she put the idea in my head to start a writing group. I’ve mentioned it to several people since and they have all been enthusiastic about the idea.

This would be a peer support group. We can take turns leading discussions, but no one is obligated to host/lead ever. If you prefer to just participate, that’s fine. If you want to be a silent participant at first because you’re shy, that’s fine too. Absolutely no pressure.

My idea so far is to host on something like WhatsApp or Discord. We can have an ongoing/open chat where people can ask questions and talk about writing at any time AND a monthly scheduled day/time where we host real time discussions on a specific writing topic.

Participants are welcome and encouraged to suggest topics.

Suggested topics so far: world building, outlines, character development, POV, tense, research, plotting v pantsing, dialogue tags/action tags, chapter length, how to write good descriptions etc.  

Questions (please answer in comments, reblog or DM)

Who would be interested in joining?

Would you prefer WhatsApp, Discord or something else? (feel free to suggest other options)

What days/times would work best for you for the monthly topics?

Would you prefer text only or a voice or video option for the monthly topics?

What topics would you like to see covered?

That’s it! If there’s enough interest, I will move forward with this idea.