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thesefallenembers · 6 months

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the problem with reading and writing leading to a strong vocabulary is that you tend to know the vibe of words instead of their meanings.

if I used this word in a sentence, would it make sense? absolutely. if you asked me what it meant, could I tell you? absolutely not.

#someone send this to my english teacher because vocab tests are hard #writing memes #reading #writers #writers of tumblr #writers of instagram #writing #writer #reader #writer memes #readers of tumblr

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the-overanalyst · 7 months

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it's always so fascinating and heartbreaking when a character in a story is simultaneously idolized and abused. a chosen prophet destined for martyrdom. a child prodigy forced to grow up too fast. a powerful warrior raised as nothing but a weapon. there's just something so uniquely messed up about singing someone's praises whilst destroying them.

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ursulaklegay · 7 months

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its so scary to put yourself out there but a SINGLE message saying "hi i loved what you made it touched me in some way" makes it all worth it 10000%

#as a writer every time someone dms me saying thank you for what you do its like no THANK YOU for reading it and telling me #writing #art

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bardofavon · 1 month

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not to be controversial bc I know this is like…not in line with shifting opinions on fanfic comment culture but if there’s a glaring typo in my work I will NOT be offended by pointing it out. if ao3 fucks up the formatting…I will also not be offended by having this pointed out…

‘looking forward to the next update’ and ‘I hope you update soon!’ are different vibes than a demand, and should be read in good faith because a reader is finding their way to tell you how much they love it. I will not be mad at this.

‘I don’t usually like this ship but this fic made me feel something’ is also incredibly high praise. I’m not going to get mad at this.

even ‘I love this fic but I’m curious about why you made [x] choice’ is just another way a reader is engaging in and putting thought into your work.

I just feel like a lot of authors take any comment that’s not perfectly articulated glowing praise in the exact manner they’re hoping to receive it in bad faith.

fic engagement has been dropping across the board over the last several years, and yes it’s frustrating but it isn’t as though I can’t see how it happens. comment anxiety can be a real thing. the last thing anyone wants to do is offend an author they love, and that means sometimes people default to silence.

idk where I’m going with this I guess aside from saying unless a comment is outright attacking me I’m never going to get mad at it, and I think a lot of authors should feel the same way. ESPECIALLY TYPOS PLZ GOD POINT OUT MY TYPOS.

#ao3 #archive of our own #fanfiction #tbh even if I got a comment that said ‘I hate you I’m going to kill your family’ on chapter 75 it still means they read 75 chapters first….#it just makes me sad to see so many writers shouting into the void #and also see ppl complain openly about the specific types of comments they receive #posting screenshots on Reddit like ‘should I be mad at this’ CALM DOWN #sigh

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furiousdinosaurdestiny · 8 months

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Usually it’s video games instead of music but this is pretty much accurate hehe

#writerslife #writerscommunity #writers on tumblr #writer things #writer problems #writblr #ao3 writer #writeblr #reading #video games #nintendo switch #switch lite

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britishmuffin · 2 months

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ATLA sketches because I'm deep into it atm 8)

★ patreon || website || twitter ★

#thank you atla fic writers for rekindling my love of reading #I LOVE THESE KIDS o/#atla #avatar the last airbender #fanart

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thisnightissparkling089 · 2 months

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A friend sent this to me today and I feel attacked😅

#chenford #the rookie #fanfiction #ao3 #fanfic #fan fiction #a03 fanfic #ao3 fic #read on ao3 #archive of our own #writing problems #writers of tumblr

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flowercrowngods · 10 months

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when ao3 is back up i want all of you to leave comments on the fics you were interrupted from reading, the fics you were looking to find, the fics you were thinking about re-reading, and the fics left open in your tabs for months now.

when ao3 is back up, i want you all to show some love to your favourite writers, favourite fics, or even just the 600 word one-shot that brought a smile to your face that tuesday three weeks ago.

when ao3 is back up i want you all to remember that comments and explicitly voiced appreciation are what keep writers going.

#when ao3 is back up i want you to realise that this lack of fics to read is also what will happen if they go uncommented and unappreciated #ao3 #and while ao3 is still down go to your tumblr writers and leave them some love too

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mostly-funnytwittertweets · 1 year

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#reading #writing #write #writer #writers #books #book #read #memes #meme #lol #funny #tweets #tweet #twitter

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phantomrose96 · 5 months

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Actually the funniest part of the entire James Somerton debacle is the response his cowriter Nick gave. For context, Hbomberguy talks a bit about Nick as a cowriter, and there is not any strong evidence implicating Nick of also plagiarizing, so Hbomberguy takes the angle of "Nick is probably not (also) responsible for the plagiarism".

Nick's response?

To claim he could not be part of the plagiarism, because he does not read. And does not do research...

SOURCE: I Fact-Checked The Worst Video Essayist On YouTube - YouTube, video essay by Todd in the Shadows.

The second screen cap is maybe a tongue-in-cheek joke... but bold choice when everyone's eyes are on you to respond to serious allegations. And this screencap doesn't include the other wishy-washy statements, pre-video, from Nick saying to the effect of "I write based on vibes. I come up with an idea and ruminate on it." For research videos. For educational videos about queer history and queer media culture.

Adds flavor to the Todd video, which goes through two-dozen examples of Somerton videos which just claim... provably factually incorrect bullshit.

This guy is a writer. An author. You could not waterboard "I don't read" out of me if I were aiming to launch a writing career.

Beating the plagiarism allegations by confidently asserting you suck too bad to ever get that far.

#hbomberguy #just... so fascinated with this #like was it an admittance under duress?#like 'no officer i did not kill that man because I was spending the night with my mistress'#or is it like a roundabout flex... like 'im a writer who doesnt read (and look how good my writing is just naturally)'#i wanna know

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skylark-234 · 1 month

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academia-lucifer · 1 month

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What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.

— J.D. Salinger.

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oh-cramity-its-amity · 4 months

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you ever get that feeling where you want to read fanfic but you also want to write fanfic? like both at the same time??

#to read or to write??#reading fanfiction #writing woes #fanfic writing #fanfiction #ao3 #ao3 writer #fanfic #archive of our own #text post

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reidiot · 10 months

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don't fucking interrupt me when i'm reading my x reader fics it's rude

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you-were-meteowrong · 15 days

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reblog for bigger sample size

#i dont understand bookmarking everything to keep track of progress #like...#i just subscribe and read it IMMEDIATELY when i get an update email #i bookmark fics i'd personally recommend #i like looking at what my readers bookmarked #or what a fave writer bookmarked #gives me more stuff to read!#my thoughts #text #polls #my polls #ao3 #ao3 writer #fanfic #fic #writing

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randomgooberness · 2 years

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Whole-heartedly BEGGING writers to unlearn everything schools taught you about how long a paragraph is. If theres a new subject, INCLUDING ACTIONS, theres a new paragraph. A paragraph can be a single word too btw stop making things unreadable

EDIT: hey if youre here at the source of this post please read my webcomic, @killcount ! I post twice a week and I’ve been working on it for almost 5 years. Please check it out- as I want it to be my lifes work and I want to get away from my awful job and do my real passion for a living. Thank you

#CHECK OG POST #writing #shut up goober #the amount of times where ive rped or beta read and got hit with the worst block of text #just like the people say hahahah size isnt everything!!! stop trying to drown me #THIS ISNT FOR ESSAYS THIS IS FOR FICTION WRITERS JSYK #PR/SHIPPERS DNI

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