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amemait:

miss-ingno:

someoneintheshadow456:

firey-rising-demon:

nanoochka:

virtualsilver:

fanfictionwriter101:

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.

Fanfic has really raised my standards for what constitutes good writing.

Unfortunately it’s only the worst of fanfic that’s visible to the public. Like 50 Shades is Crap.

The difference between fanfiction and published fiction is the barrier of entry (if we ignore self-publications for a hot sec). You can write and write and write and send in manuscript after manuscript and still never get a publishing deal - or you can go on Ao3 and hit that post button. This does lead to wildly differing standards of quality, but it also allows *everyone* to share their ideas and to practice and gain an audience.

It’s like @crossroadswrite said, “everyone gets a chance to be heard and to be read” with fanfiction. And that’s threatening to a lot of the industry.

Even my father has read one (1) fanfic, at my urging.

It’s a Peter Wimsey and Jeeves & Wooster crossover.

His words after finishing it?

He’d never before considered why Bertie was exactly as he was. In this fic, it’s because Bertie has PTSD.

Now, that doesn’t quite mesh with the Book-publishing timeline, but only by the first instalment. Which he’s decided doesn’t matter because the explanation is too perfect.

That fic (Green Ice, I cannot recall the author’s name) is to my father a revelation. He read it in one night, couldn’t put it down.

(via americankimchi)

(Source: quakerjoe, via wodneswynn)

i-live-for–the-aesthetic:

Slitherclaw/Virgo - requested by @dquuot