Don't let straight people tell you not to "make being gay your personality." Straight people base their entire lives around dating, flings and marriage.
They consistently allow gender and sexuality to influence their friendships & personal relationships.
My strategy isn’t “write for myself” it’s “have an insane ego.” Some of my fics I love flop and I’m like “y’all are wrong. Its awesome. Im sorry you didnt enjoy it.” I don’t love all my fics but you cant shake my belief that certain ones are good unless you give me good critiques
I have learned the hard way over almost 20 years of fic publishing that sometimes you just need to write everything ahead of time, especially when it’s a story you’re really passionate about. That way the opportunities for ongoing disappointment are mitigated 😭😅
This is dumb and vulnerable and I may regret asking and delete, but here goes anyway: fic writers, how do you deal with the heartbreak of having a project you were very excited about absolutely flopping? I had a bunch more planned & written. I can’t bring myself to open the doc
Do you ever think ppl who were previously Hannibals clients saw him in the news like "what the fuck that dude legitimately helped me through my trauma" because he couldn't have been traumatising all of his clients or he wouldn't have had a job