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There is no joy like the joy of a writer who has just figured out that a throwaway line they put into the first few paragraphs of a story is actually the key to a major plot point and possibly even the theme underlying the entire thing.

Just…yesssssss.

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writers whenever they’re starting a new fic: I have these ✨ vibes ✨ now I’ll have to build an entire plot and write an entire fic about those vibes

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drake?

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A note to all creatives:

Right now, you have to be a team player. You cannot complain about AI being used to fuck over your industry and then turn around and use it on somebody else’s industry.

No AI book covers. No making funny little videos using deepfakes to make an actor say stuff they never did. No AI translation of your book. No AI audiobooks. No AI generated moodboards or fancasts or any of that shit. No feeding someone else’s unfinished work into Chat GPT “because you just want to know how it ends*” (what the fuck is wrong with you?). No playing around with AI generated 3D assets you can’t ascertain the origin of. None of it. And stop using AI filters on your selfies or ESPECIALLY using AI on somebody else’s photo or artwork.

We are at a crossroad and at a time of historically shitty conditions for working artists across ALL creative fields, and we gotta stick together. And you know what? Not only is standing up for other artists against exploitation and theft the morally correct thing to do, it’s also the professionally smartest thing to do, too. Because the corporations will fuck you over too, and then they do it’s your peers that will hold you up. And we have a long memory.

Don’t make the mistake of thinking “your peers” are only the people in your own industry. Writers can’t succeed without artists, editors, translators, etc making their books a reality. Illustrators depend on writers and editors for work. Video creators co-exist with voice actors and animators and people who do 3D rendering etc. If you piss off everyone else but the ones who do the exact same job you do, congratulations! You’ve just sunk your career.

Always remember: the artists who succeed in this career path, the ones who get hired or are sought after for commissions or collaboration, they aren’t the super talented “fuck you I got mine” types. They’re the one who show up to do the work and are easy to get along with.

And they especially are not scabs.

*that’s not even how it ends that’s a statistically likely and creatively boring way for it to end. Why would you even want to read that.

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You are right.

Hey fam. How are we differentiating the Doctors in our fanfic now that there’s two of them? This is Tentoo all over again and I’m going crazy. I can’t call them both the Doctor and keep them straight.

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Hey fam. How are we differentiating the Doctors in our fanfic now that there’s two of them? This is Tentoo all over again and I’m going crazy. I can’t call them both the Doctor and keep them straight.

#help a writer out #doctor who #tenth doctor #fourteenth doctor #ncuti!doctor #david tennant #ncuti gatwa #fanfiction #fanfic #doctor who fandom

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Question for my writer/artist friends:

#they just start talking #and I have to run after them #writing down what they say #and catching vibes #but when I ask where they are or what they’re doing #they just shrug

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the urge to write is like a cat meowing for dear life for someone to open the goddamn door, who then shows utter disinterest in said open door

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Working all week long (because I'm an artist).

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Pro tip- if you need names for side characters in your stories just open up a movie’s credits and steal the names of random special effects workers. I like to mix and match first and last names

#sometimes you just gotta steal a man’s identity #writing #character names

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I love you, fellow fanfic writers. I wish you many beautiful comments.

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Deadly Education by Naomi Novak. A school for wizards where the school is actively trying to eat the students

All Systems Red by Martha Wells. A super sarcastic robot has to pretend to still be under human control and not get everyone killed.

Nettle and Bone by T Kingfisher. The princess who should have become Bluebeard’s next victim instead takes off to a nunnery. Lots of mixed up fairytale tropes

Vicious by V E Schwab. Two university students give themselves superpowers, but they are absolutely not going to use those powers for good. (Actually anything by VE Schwab)

listen I ended up regretting saying anything about this on my old blog because people will interpret literally any and every statement maliciously on this hellsite but I want to start like. a helpline for people who are like “hey I pretty much only read YA but I’m like 22 now and don’t relate to teenagers as much, it’s such a shame that there are no fun books written for adults :(” because boy HOWDY are there some fun books for adults 

#books #reading #bookrecs #anything by Terry pratchett is excellent #I read all of these in my 20s

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Stuff I did today as a writer:

Reorganized my chapter numbers because I had 3 chapter nines. Three. How?

Googled “is it spelled armour or armor?”

Chose a new playlist because “enemies to lovers slow burn 3 hours” didn’t fit the vibe anymore

Saved my manuscript to a separate drive again. Just in case.

Hit save like a million times. Twice after every edit. Just in case.

Said “just do one more page” on my editing list a hundred times so I’ll stay on track. I am not on track

Got up for a little snack. Got up for a little drink. Got up for comfy pants. Got up to find a pen. Got up to get a little snack…

#writing #writer life #editing makes me fidgety

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You can only write regularly if you’re willing to write badly. You can’t write regularly and well. One should accept bad writing as a way of priming the pump, a warm-up exercise that allows you to write well.

– Jennifer Egan