Behold, A Fic Brought To You By An Enby Who Has Not Slept Enough!

Behold, a fic brought to you by an enby who has not slept enough!

I love metaphorically rolling up my sleeves and preparing to write a fanfic that literally no one but me asked for.

Behold! Fanfic be upon ye!

As a writer who doesn't often read other fics because of personal preferences, but also to focus on my own and spend a lot of time writing something completely to my own exact tastes instead I gotta ask

(This is specifically about long-fics, but short fics can work too)

Personally, I have specific preferences/squicks that make it hard for me to read certain things and prefer to write what I like instead of looking for it in other places (That's not to say that it can't be found! I just find writing it to be a lot more satisfying)

To be fair, she snuck into his house without permission.

I made a simple sketch practicing perspective, did I do okay?

I originally wrote a lot of this in the tags, but I feel like it needs to be added to the actual post itself.

When people make stuff- writing, drawings, photography, etc- it’s made, first and foremost, for themselves. Them sharing it isn’t an obligation not something they should feel pressured to do.

I write some niche stuff. My recent Autodale g/t fic for example. I wrote that entirely for myself and it’s one of the fics that performed the worst out of almost every fic I’ve wrote. I posted it not because I thought it would do well but because I like my work and want to share it. That was my decision throughout.

It can be so frustrating to have people commenting about what they think the story should be, asking where the ‘rest’ of a fic is, trying to fit others’ works to their tastes. It doesn’t surprise me that this makes people bitter, wanting to leave the space. I know I left for a few years because of stuff like that.

I learned to write and draw because I knew I had specific tastes and saw that no one else was writing or drawing anything I liked. So, I made it myself and started sharing it so anyone else with my preferences could see it.

It’s not easy, I’ve been writing for a decade now and I’m still not entirely satisfied with my style, but as OP said, it doesn’t have to be a grand thing. It can be a simple stick figure or drabble with misspellings and poor grammar. It can stay in a little folder, just for yourself or you can share it. Others might even be inspired by it!

TLDR: Don’t try and force others to make the things you want to see, it’s demotivating and unnecessary.

Been seeing a specific type of post popping up about this community more lately. Specifically, talking about how some things are overdone to death.

So I have to ask. Not why these things are overdone, no. But why some feel the need to ruin other people's parties, purely for sticking to what they like.

If the problem is that you hate that stuff, maybe consider, I dunno, letting them be? They make that stuff because they like it? Who would've thought?

If the problem is that they're not making stuff you like, recognize that people have different preferences, and consider making or commissioning it yourself?

I wholeheartedly mean that last point incredibly hard. Being in a niche community, with niche preferences, does make it plenty difficult to find stuff you'll enjoy, I get that all too well. But that doesn't mean I'll complain until stuff magically spawns upon my screen.

Often times for niche stuff, someone has to be the first person to make something happen, because otherwise, who knows if someone else will.

And not just making it once, no. Rather, make multiple things, big or small in scope. Write the concept or story down. Draw or edit it out briefly. Get the idea out there.

But above all, be persistent. Outlive. Survive. Just because it isn't popular on your first post, it doesn't mean that you should give up trying. Especially if it's something you're genuinely passionate about.