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This is your reminder that you are enough.
I’d like everyone to see this
{Credit to amalasrosa on Twitter}
#real #not to be salty but this is what ive been saying#like everyone out here really still acting like fanfic isnt really writing#like its subpar and like it cant be good and have amazing lines#even fanfic writers treat it like its LESS and like theyre PLAY writing and not actually writing#like friend buddy ican ASSURE YOU that fanfic is every bit as real and good as writing from books#the only difference between fic and actual books is that books go through several stages of processing and editing and filtering#and are worked on by professionals who studied the craft of editing#while fanfiction cuts that filtering and everyone gets a chance to be heard and to be read#and instead of editors we have peer editing and reviewing#dont be fucking tricked by the mass notion that anything that young girls and queer people are interested in is immediately bad and subpar#bc it is fucking not #i will FIGHT for it #fanfiction (tags by @crossroadswrite bacause they add so much to this post)
The real irony is there is plenty of fanfiction that goes through more rigorous editing than some published fiction. So the difference in quality between fanfiction and “professional writing” is totally arbitrary and made up. Except that some things that are more expensive are worse.
People think fanfiction isn’t high end writing because it’s not paid for, as if paying for it defines the quality somehow. We think people can’t possibly make quality stuff if they aren’t paid but art has never been about defining quality by how much it costs. We provide at and if we are lucky we get paid. But because people have made it so hard to get payment for art, we just end up doing it for free. Writing in all forms should be valued. Just because it’s fanfiction doesn’t get rid of the fact that a human person wrote it.
i always mean it when i say i love you btw
‘but thats a stranger you dont know’ and i love them. i love that they exist and i love that they passed through my life. and i love u too btw
reblog to tell your mutuals you love them for existing
mutuals stop putting this on my dash challenge
Every Friday. Every Friday i either see this post or live in fear of seeing it. I can’t wake up and say ‘it’s friday’ anymore without thinking of this post. I am living a nightmare and it’s your fault
[image id: photo of actress Sammi Hanratty and writer/actress Quinta Brunson picketing in support of the WGA strike. Sammi is holding a sign that says "I would not have a job without the writers!" and Quinta is holding a sign that says "AI can't write Tariq's raps!" end ID.]
yellowjackets x abbott elementary crossover just dropped