This Is Why Writers Abandon Stories. It’s Not That We Don’t Love Them, It’s Because We Don’t

My full piece for @jdlogbook !! What if I took you on a house tour and there was a big prophetic mural of you killing me in the foyer 🤍

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Please, for the love of god, please don’t be this person. No matter how long it’s been since an update, no matter how many unfinished stories are sitting on their account, no matter what - do not be this person.

Not only is it insanely rude, but you also do more damage than you think be being such a self-entitled ass about something someone created for free and for fun. “This author” can see what you say.

RIP decency indeed.

The beauty in danmei is that because of the censorship, we actually get the proper emotional stuffs not just the sexual stuffs.

I still remember that one fic I rewrote four times….and in the end I didn’t finish it because it was crap.

dokjoong or joongdok, i love them as long as they are together.

dokjoongers where are you

The thing about the not canon but definitely canon ships is that there is room for imagination. The author gives you enough to imagine but doesn’t give you exactly what you need so you imagine.

naming a character is like naming a child, except this child can potentially lead a revolution, save the world, or die in chapter three.

people always talk about leaving comments on ao3 like it's a nice thing to do, or the best way to encourage writers to keep writing, or overall like it's how you Do Your Part in fandom

and yeah, all those things are true, but having spent the past few months leaving enthusiastic comments on as many things as i can, i have a different perspective

you should leave comments on fics because it's fun

taking the time to stop and focus on what i like about a story has made me way more aware of what's going on in stories and what i like about them. there's bit more actual comprehension and appreciation and not just beaming content into my eyes to fill time

i like noticing cool little things in fics, or riffing on funny events. i've never been very good at speculating or picking apart characters, but sometimes something clicks and it rocks.

and of course it's pretty nice when you get a response and it's clear you've made another person happy

so yeah, you should leave comments for your own sake, too. it makes reading better!

AO3 writers when canon sucks: