•everyone starts small. just because you’re not big now, doesn’t mean you’ll never be. and if you’re just starting out, keep in mind those bigger blogs have been writing for much longer than you. building a following takes time.
•there will always be someone who enjoys your writing. every like, reblog, and comment is one person who enjoyed what you wrote and i can assure you they want more! and remember, not everyone remembers to leave evidence that they liked your writing or they might just be too nervous to interact with you. invisible fans exist, and you’ve got them.
•going along with that last one, your writing has the potential to help others! you could write about a minority, or maybe you could publish a little something comforting at the exact time someone else needs it. and most of the time, when you affect someone like this they’ll tell you, whether it be through tags, or a private message or whatever. that’s an amazing feeling.
•getting a compliment from someone becomes a sure-fire way to make your day better. nothing feels greater than seeing a comment from someone saying how much they love something you worked hard on. maybe write down these comments somewhere, so you can look at them when you’re feeling negative about your skills as a writer.
•writer’s block is not the end of your writing career. it sure feels like it sometimes, but everyone, even the popular writers you look up to, suffer from writer’s block. everyone puts out work they’re not 100% satisfied with sometimes, and that’s okay! when you get out of this slump, your writing will be better than ever before and you’ll enjoy it again. keep writing through a block so you can get there sooner.
These are the things I think about when I feel bad about my writing, so I hope they can help someone else too.
I know someone needs this
Tag: important
Sweet and Spice will be placed on hiatus for a while. This means I will not be working on it, not even outlines due to private messages I am receiving both anonymously here and on FFN about the disappointment. I need to work through my feelings right now and acknowledge it. That being said, Sweet and Spice is on hiatus (don’t even know what I did wrong, but it is what it is). I know there are some fans out there, but as I mentioned last night, I cannot make everyone happy, and I think everyone’s hopes were up.
I want to apologize for the disappointment, but this has to be done.
Important Note
It has been brought to my attention by @masquerabe about my story Love Hoop being plagiarized. Certain parts have been taken and placed into this “writer’s” story, but they have also stolen a story by ShikiKira.
I think it is important to know because I know this writer has done this in the past with other people’s stories (basically stealing old stories and making them her own).
This is the person that has stolen from Love Hoop and ShikiKira: https://www.fanfiction.net/u/8951674/Rebecca1410
This is the story: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12722568/1/Angel-Of-Tennis
ShikiKira has been mostly affected by this, but I don’t think it is fair for any creator to be stolen from. @masquerabe also gave me information that the following FFN account has been plagiarizing old stories that have not been updated in a long time. Do look into her stories and report it if you find similarities (or let the respective authors know if you know them).
https://www.fanfiction.net/u/4969653/kem08b
EDIT: masquerabe wants people to know about this forum in case you do come across something like this. Do not bully the person. Be a bigger person and just report them, and let’s hope they stop doing this.
I’d like to add an extra note to this: Some stories will not be classified as crossovers though they will still have Kagome/OC elements in them that will read familiar to other stories that are/were crossovers themselves.
Remember, do not bully or harass this person, take the high road with them. With manners and professional. Even if what they’re doing is not all that professional itself.
Please, spread the word of what this person is doing by letting other writers that you are a fan of, know.
Here we see that Megumi wants to take on Momo and Takumi questions her decision. Souma does not need to doubt or question her abilities because he knows fully well that Megumi is capable to take on her opponent. Another reason why I want these two to be together.
Seriously props to Takahashi for refusing to give Kagome any panty shots and also forbidding the animators from doing it as well and they followed her wishes. She wanted to prevent her from being reduced to a fanservice character at all costs and just…yeah man.
my skin is clear my crops are flourishing