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[knightedwriter]

Quick question, how to start up a writeblr, tips on getting my story noticed, etc.?

Ah the age-old question of writeblr. I know you said quick question, but my answer is probably going to be a bit long (so I’ll put most of it under the cut). I’m sorry for the time it took to respond!

Starting up a writeblr

First things first, just make your blog. Now, you may be saying “I know how to make a blog” but hold up, because I’ve heard a few complaints from fellow writeblrs about the ease of navigating people’s blogs.

Make sure your theme/text is readable and easy to navigate. I’ve noticed a lot of blog themes look nice, but the text is teeny tiny, or the background and text colors have terrible contrast. This can discourage people from following read more links and thus discourage them from reading your writing.

In addition, having tabs for your current WIPs and/or common tag lists you use will make it easier for people to find your stuff. Start this early so it doesn’t become some daunting task to organize your tags later (guilty).

Try to pick a name that makes it obvious you’re a writeblr. You don’t have to, of course, but this’ll attract other writeblrs easier.

Once you’ve made your blog, make an info post. This has been a trend recently with writeblrs, and I like it. The community might not reblog it right away, but these posts do eventually make their rounds. Some points to avoid:

Don’t use gifs in the post. it turns some people off from reblogging it. (People have specifically told me this, so yes, it happens).

Introduce yourself! I want to know about you and your works, so make room for both.

Don’t degrade yourself in your post. Things like “I’m terrible at writing” or “this is probably better than my actual writing” are tempting to say, but can turn people away. We all joke about being terrible, and plenty of us struggle to see value in our writing. It’s okay to feel that way, but you’re making this blog for a reason: to share your writing and gain interest. Degrading yourself is the opposite of your goal here.

Try to keep it short. The longer the post, the more likely people will skim or skip it completely. You can talk about yourself and your WIPs in more detail in other posts.

Once you’ve introduced yourself, start posting about your work! This can be snippets, rambles, one shots, whatever you want to see on your blog! Don’t be discouraged by the note count. I’ve had this blog since July 2017. It took six months for my note count on original posts to reach more than ten notes consistently. Even now, stories and snippets of mine tend to only get 30 or so notes, but I’m perfectly happy with that. Just understand that it takes time and patience to build a following, and that even then you might not see that much activity. The worst thing to do is pitch a fit to other writeblrs (I see this often). It may be frustrating, but not everyone is going to see or even enjoy your work. Just keep going. You’ll get people who love it. It just takes time.

Interact with other writeblrs. If you want support, give it out. Though not everyone will reciprocate (and they’re not obligated to!), some will definitely take notice and support you in turn. So reblog their stuff, send in asks, and, for the love of god, SCREAM IN THE TAGS OR ON THEIR POSTS. Give feedback! You’ll make someone’s day, and it’s just plain good writeblr etiquette.

If you’re feeling daring, start a convo with someone who’s willing. Just make sure you respect their boundaries, and please, please, don’t start with asking them to read your work. Some people find it hard to say no in that situation, and they may be busy. Just make friends. The rest will play itself out.

Getting your story noticed

Much of what I said above applies to this. The main points are: post about your story, interact with other writeblrs, and have patience. And, to reiterate, by patience I mean be willing to dedicate months or even years to building up a following. Not just a few weeks. It may be discouraging when nothing happens very quickly, but just keep. going.

Keep posting about your story. Ramble about it. Make worldbuilding posts. Reblog ask games. Show your excitement for what you’re writing, and other people will pick up on it. Show us what you love about it, and we’ll fall in love, too. If you’re excited, your reader will be.

I know it’s cliche to end on, but seriously, have fun. This is all for something you love. If you start falling out of love with it bc you’re not getting much attention, step away from writeblr and remind yourself that this is as much for you as it is for anyone else. You don’t want to lose your passion for something just because gaining a following is a long, difficult process. You got this. You’ll get people who are interested.

I hope this helps! Happy writing.

--Ri

#writing #writeblr #writeblr community #writeblr tips #asks #replies #fellow writers #advice #tips #this got so long #but this just about covers it #if anyone else has advice feel free to add on #wingedparadisedreamer #4 queues in a deck

[itsallavengers]

avengers 4 is just thanos realising he's in love with tony and trying to woo him, but tony thinks he's a Big Bad but then he falls in love too and the rest is history

It’s like ELTHDIM but Terrible

#this is getting out of hand #wingedparadisedreamer

[ibreathebooks-42]

darling, that's a full-on sandstorm. we've been warned not to go outside

Ah, yeah- for some reason didn’t notice the sand.... definitely a good reason not to go outside then : )

#oops #come on Ez #in my defense- I am kinda jittering right now #talking to real people #mine #wingedparadisedreamer #I got an ask!

[phantangled]

this is a gentle reminder that i love and appreciate you very much

oh bless you!! this is so so sweet :’))) i love and appreciate you very much too xx

#asdfhsakighbakjfbruo #i ded #ask #wingedparadisedreamer #answered

[valdomarx]

Hey hey the JARVIS fic? Made me cry literal buckets??? How did you even write a robot so well omg anyways in other news i love you very much 👌🏼👌🏼👍🏼👍🏼❤️❤️❤️

oh gosh, thank you so much!! i loved writing that because used to study consciousness so i have always been fascinated by the idea of AI - especially what it would feel like to be a robot. jarvis is so interesting to me because as i see him he has opinions and even preferences, but not emotions as such. at least, not emotions in the human sense of the word, but perhaps in a different way. i’m very glad that you liked what i did with his perspective!

#outing myself as a massive philosophy of mind nerd #but i just really love robots #wingedparadisedreamer #replies

[savedbythenotepad]

wingedparadisedreamer replied to your link: The King's Mate - Chapter 7 - PreciousI - Marvel...

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh oh god oh god pls tell me steve finds tony after and teaches that bastard a lesson

Well, I’m hoping for that to happen but honestly??? I don’t know. *insert shrug emoji here*

#wingedparadisedreamer

[bread-tab]

rules: spell out your url using song titles, then tag people

I wasn’t tagged but I’m doin it anyway because I like music. :D Blame @wingedparadisedreamer though

Baepsae - BTS

Recover - CHVRCHES

Elevate - DJ Khalil

A Memory - Yumi Zouma

District 9 - Stray Kids

- Hyphen - Pretty Balanced

Testosterone - Bush

A L I E N S - Coldplay

Bring Me To Life (Synthesis) - Evanescence (the new version heck yeah!)

Tagging you, @amaronith, @nerdvanauniverse, @voidignitia, @sternenhimmel-mond, & @dragonatthedinnertable!

#music #tag games

[knightedwriter]

my characters are dumb and sappy and i love them. but they need to pull their shit together

I think that’s the Writer Mood(tm) my friend. At least for some characters :P It’s our job to get them to pull their shit together.

#asks #replies #fellow writers #writing #writer problems #this really is such a mood tho #wingedparadisedreamer

[itsallavengers]

this is a gentle reminder that i love and appreciate you very much

...Thank you omg....this is so sweet.....

#what a lovely thing to wake up to????? #wild #thank u v. much I. Appreciate This Greatly #itsallavengers replies #wingedparadisedreamer

[crownedscribe]

url change!!

wingedparadisedreamer --> somepeoplemoveon

[ibreathebooks-42]

hello hello

Hello! welcome to the madness : )

#hi! #talking to real people #I love to talk to people #I am just awkward #just to warn people #might or might not have had too much coffee this morning #who knows? #not me #ooh cool this scrolls #come on Ez #mine #wingedparadisedreamer #I got an ask!

[pastelpeachguillotine]

Rules: Post 10 gifs of your favourite movies and tag 10 people

tagged by: @britishspidey (thank you!)

tagging (if you want to do it also tell me if you don’t like being tagged in stuff) : @winter2468 @pudgy-bucky @doyoulikemyhat1113 @nobledoritoman @wingedparadisedreamer @wine-anon-2 @sortofablogger @underapaperbag @thetonystanks @buckybabies

[valdomarx]

The jarvis lives test flight fic the ending nooooo its so cute thankyouthnyou you are a blessing i love you so much thankyouthankyouthankyou

aww, you’re so sweet! thank you for your enthusiasm and i’m really glad you liked the story

now we just need jarvis to come back in canon (looking @ you, feige)

#wingedparadisedreamer #replies

[savedbythenotepad]

wingedparadisedreamer replied to your post: It’s only twelve in the morning but I’ve already...

Sweetie, just want you to know that your fics are awesome, and your writing is great, and more importantly, it’s your story, you decide where you want it to go, and if it doesn’t go the way they want it to, they don’t have to read it. Your writing is awesome, please keep doing what you’re doing.

Thank you so much, this is really kind of you. I will keep doing what I’m doing because I can’t let one negative person bring me down!

#wingedparadisedreamer

[drarrymylove]

My New Year’s Resolutions

I was tagged by @kittken ((full disclosure, i don’t really do resolutions...unless you count my goodreads challenge every year, but if i did, these would be a good start))

1. Read at least 65 books this year

2. Go outside more

3. Stop ignoring my other sideblog (@obviouslybooks)

4. Be more involved in ALL my artistic hobbies 

5. Kiss (at least) one pretty girl

I’m tagging @wingedparadisedreamer @synonym-for-life @staganddragon @drarrygood and as always, if you wanna do it and haven’t been tagged, do it and say I tagged you.

#tag game #tagged by kittken #resolutions

[spideyjlaw]

I will be hosting an Infinity War Watch Party on August 1st to celebrate the Digital release! Spend some time with Marvel fans while watching the movie together! 

you do not have to be following or be apart of the fandom to join

It will be on August 1st 

TIMES: 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET / 3 PM GMT-3 / 7 PM CET / 7 PM GMT+1 / 8 PM CEST / 4 AM GMT+10 (02/08/18)

I will be playing the film on Rabb.it the day and time of the party where you can join me! My username is: alexaholland

Rabbit is a site where you can watch any video on any device with friends and around the world while video, audio and text chatting

it is FREE the only thing u have to do is make an acc with an email

If you don’t feel comfortable making an account you can watch on your device, by buying it on Digital on July 31st!

 while watching live post using the hashtag

#InfinityWarWatchParty

Spread the news on other social  medias so we can bring together a group of remarkable people!

If you have any questions you can leave them in my asks or drop by my dms

Please don’t let this flop, if it does it never happened

*DISCLAIMER: This event is not affiliated with Marvel Studios, and running the watch party as fans only* 

tagging you guys for signal boosts :) 

@ablogbypeteparker @take-my-life-not-my-heart @softboy-holland@allltheships @papi-chulo-seb @papi-chulo-bucky  @softlybarnes @buckybarnes @ballyhoobarnes @wingedparadisedreamer @bithor @retrostan @anavengerstale @xscarletxwitchx @blushybryan @penisprkr @mcu-plums @starksmorgan @beautiful-holland @bluparis @badbitsh13 @coal000 @everythingcollided @spidermanfarfromhome @kittenwithtomuchfandomds @pbnjparker @mari-celi @nasa-parker @notthegodofknives @agentebarnes @utautattooedghoul @oh-were-using-our-madeup-names @nakioye @barnesbabes @almighty-rogers @shutupstark @spideykisses @sunlightom @what-is-yeet @nyoombucky @menatiera @dolan-trashh @lushparker @decaffeinatedpostmoon @avengersasssemble @avengeres @spacewhalerider

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