All I’d add is that the number of registered users (currently more like 1.5 million) is FAR lower than the number of unregistered users (who nevertheless place a lot of additional strain on the site), and donation drives take a grand total of about 10 days out of the year (two drives per year) and generate one (1) email per drive. It’s really not a lot to ask folks to delete the email, close the drive banner, and move on with their lives if they are unable to donate – we absolutely understand many folks can’t afford to or don’t want to, and that’s okay!
2. There is no problem with a story so great that it cannot be fixed in revision. Keep going.
3. If your story is as uncreative as you think it is, you wouldn’t want to write it so badly. You want to write it because there’s a unique spin on it you have never seen, and want to express. Many people may write similar stories, but it’s the details that make it personal. You may not know it now, but there is someone who is looking for exactly what you’re writing. If you don’t finish it, they’ll never see it.
4. You can write something amazing and still be met with silence. There are myriad reasons for this that have nothing to do with the quality of what you produce.
4.1 It’s okay to repeat post your work if no one has seen it.
4.2 It’s okay to post your work in multiple places.
5. You don’t have to agree with every criticism (but take it gracefully anyway).
6. Most writers are scared of the same things you are.
7. Don’t judge your works in progress against the archives of finished, polished stories other writers have put together. Archives are Internet portfolios and generally don’t show all the multitude of failures, incomplete, and draft-form works those writers are also struggling with. They aren’t perfect and you don’t have to be, either. Keep working and you will have a portfolio of your own.
8. Don’t be afraid to share your ideas with other writers. It’s not annoying as long as you’re not self-important about it. Be humble and gracious, and others will reciprocate.
8.1 You can’t write as well in a vacuum; the more people know that you are working on something, and what, the more support you will get for that work. Starting a dialogue before you post something will make it more likely people will read it when you do post it.
9. It’s okay to take breaks. If the ideas just aren’t coming, go do something else for a while.
10. Be kind to yourself. Don’t call yourself names. You are not a failure, or uncreative, or boring. You wouldn’t call other people those things, so don’t do it to yourself.
I don’t know if these are helpful to other people, but they are helpful to me, so just in case, here they are!
When you realize that joining the fandom has ruined you
Fandom hell in general
Yes.
This^^^ just… ALL OF THIS.
Being in so many fandoms that you don’t even know what’s going on
THIS IS THE SKULDUGGERY FUCKING PLEASANT FANDOM IN ONE POST!!
Trying to recruit people to your fandom
Annnnnnndddd it’s back
Being in a fandom which has so many antis
I’ve probably reblogged this before, but that was before these great additions.
Being in a fandom that actually works together
Why is this so true? All of it.
being in a fanbase but all your mutuals suddenly turn into Kpop blogs
I always enjoy it when a good post comes around again and has been improved by the reblogs like the years for a fine wine.
Being in a fandom when shit goes down and everyone has different opinions
When you are in a fandom and don’t care for others people opinion…..even if they are right…(believe me, I have met several of those)
Being in a fandom you never meant to join
I love this. and it’s gotten better
After abandoning a fandom you’re still a little bit emotionally invested in….
Being in a fandom with one half of your OTP dead
Omg this post gets better everytime i see it!!
I feel like this is my life in one post.
Being in a fandom when a new love interest you don’t like shows up
Lmao that was a good add!
Coming back to a fandom only to find it in ruins
Apologies for the potato quality; my graphics are terrible. 😦 I’m just really happy with how my latest Sith warrior (*cough cough* yes I know) turned out, looks-wise. If I could draw – I totally can’t – I would draw her.
Anyway, this is Nevihta “Nev” Hâsk, my “heir to a great Sith legacy” Sith warrior. I’m tempted to write about her, if I can come up with any aspect of the SW storyline that hasn’t already been done (and done beautifully, might I add) by other writers.
PSA to all of you who apologize to me before/after a question
Adding that if I’m ever not answering you it’s because I’m either:
1) Asleep 2) At work 3) Lying down and scrolling but unable to type back easily 4) I read what you said and wanted to reply but got busy and forgot
It’s NEVER that I’m 1) Mad at you 2) Annoyed that you are talking to me/sending me links 3) Think you shouldn’t talk to me
Literally I’m a distracted mess and if I lie down I fall asleep within 15 minutes whether I want to or not so I disappear out of a LOT of conversations but it’s never meant to be malicious.
This latest chapter of Immortals is killing me. I’m pretty much done (mentally and emotionally) with Theron and Evraun playing Castaway on a deserted island and want to get on with finding/rescuing Vector and everything that comes after that. And I know that I can write the stuff that comes later and then come back to the stuff that comes beforehand, but … I don’t want to? I know people want to see more Theron/Evraun and how they get rescued or save themselves or whatever (I do actually know how they get away, I’m not floundering because I can’t think of how to save them), but I just don’t feel like writing it. It’s not a case of “oh, I’ll write what I want and then come back to this part,” it’s a case of “I am no longer interested in writing this part even though I have ideas for it, I want to move on to the next stage” and I’m worried that if I just jump ahead without filling in those blanks people will hate it. The motivation that was there when I first started the deserted island plot bunny has dissipated, and I know that if I do force myself to write it it’s going to be fairly obvious that the writing is forced.
The end result being, of course, that I’m not writing anything at all because I’m stuck on this one part. A part that was fun when I first came up with it but now just feels like work.
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