I see this in a LOT of modern stories where I can feel the writer's anxiety at being misunderstood. this is why we say not to write for an audience! your writing only needs to be internally consistent to the world and characters, not an imagined bad faith reader who hates you
I see this in a LOT of modern stories where I can feel the writer's anxiety at being misunderstood. this is why we say not to write for an audience! your writing only needs to be internally consistent to the world and characters, not an imagined bad faith reader who hates you
I promise this is not just a cringe fanfic issue, it's everywhere! It's in huge mainstream stories as well as in tiny indie stories! I hope more writers can learn to trust a little bit more in their own ability to tell stories, but this is also where a good first reader can help!
@roofiction I like to put it this way : "Write for an audience. But not a big audience. You don't need the bad-faith readers and the haters." Because "write only for yourself" never worked for me. I write to share, to connect, to have a conversation with people who love the same characters.
@roofiction honestly like unless the CHARACTER has anxiety specifically about that, leave it out
@roofiction I say write for an audience: an INTELLIGENT one. Not the people with no media literacy, it's not your job to hold their hands. Write for the people who enjoy the same kind of work that you do.
@roofiction That's so true, I was reading smut and for every damn action the characters asked "is it ok to..." Or any other variation,,, like just put it in goddammit ☠️
@roofiction @mastershearts I feel like there is a valid point in this rant but I have developed this innate response to "don't do this thing in fandom" with doing the thing