"i'm Tired Of Seeing-" Use Your Filters.

Fanfic is a free hobby.

It's one of the last few things we can have as a society that's free. You can engage, for free. People give you things (art, stories, etc), for free.

Don't buy into the consummerism just because it's everywhere else.

You don't have to consume everything you interact with. You don't have to use things, just because they exist.

You're allowed (still, for now), to have things that are enjoyable for free.

Do you realise how insane the world is? We don't have many places where we can just be, for free anymore, but ao3 is. Did you notice we don't have ads in ao3? We don't have pop ups? Where ELSE do we not have that?

Where else can you just go and not have to wait for a commercial to be over or for ads to be on the sidelines?

I don't think the younger people understand, but the whole of internet used to be like this. YouTubers would do Youtube for free, just because. You couldn't monetise your internet presence before.

Ao3 is like a little preserved corner of the internet where the old internet used to be, and it's being attacked by people who do not understand that free things are allowed to exist without judgment.

Please don't ruin this for us.

Some of us need it.

my research essay watching me abandon it when it's due in ~5 hours to focus on my personal writing projects:

you’re so mean i’ll jump out the science lab ;(

requesters, what do yall use my collages for? i'm js curious since not all of yall use it as a banner/pfp/wtv

why u gotta be so rude!

i jork to it

requesters, what do yall use my collages for? i'm js curious since not all of yall use it as a banner/pfp/wtv

My average writing experience:

"Alright I think I'm almost done actually-"

*Google doc grows second health bar and a choir starts singing in latin*

lenny doodleyy

I honestly forget whether it’s canon or not, but I always liked the idea of Saki being very loud in her own right but she’s just overshadowed by tsukasa, who is as loud as an airplane engine on a daily base

you're going to be fine its normal at least for me (lol)

i also had this phase with one of my still WIPs, where i just wrote out everything and i felt so proud

it was meant to be for a character's birthday its been 5 months.

for me personally i just wait until i feel like it theres nothing stopping me from completely stopping other than myself

just take your time. i've experienced it too at worst you'll blank out on the project forever until you remember and have good ideas at best you'll find motivation

i hope the best option happens to you because ignoring a project can make you feel really guilty but remember you're doing it with your own free will

or maybe i misinterpreted all of that in that case my bad

Does anyone else experience this?

I know what happens in this chapter. It’s all in my head. I have an outline. I just need to write it out. But it’s been weeks since I’ve written a single word.

I started this project out strong. I wrote an average of 2-3k words a day over the course of 9 days. I ended up writing a total of 15k words. But now I have to fill in the blanks in between the initial scenes I was so passionately writing. So I’ve lost all that motivation and inspiration that initially kept me going.

I don’t understand why I’m like this. It’s infuriating.

Plot Twists & Foreshadowing

A list of resources to help you with plot twists and foreshadowing.

Writing Notes: Plot Twists A helpful guide with advice and suggestions for how to write a plot twist.

How to Hide Plot Twists from Your Readers and Your Characters A helpful guide with advice for how to hide plot twists from both your readers and your characters until the reveal.

Subtle Ways to Include Foreshadowing A list of ideas for how to incorporate foreshadowing into your writing.

How to Write a Plot Twist A short list of ways to write a plot twist.

The Point of Foreshadowing A tumblr thread that explains the point of foreshadowing.

For more resources on writing a story’s plot, check out some others I’ve shared: Writing Your Story’s Plot How to Write a Scene

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