The Lilac Reading Nook

NOTICE: As more and more fanfic writers are using generative AI for their works (you uncreative dweebs), I hereby swear on everything I hold dear that I have not and will NEVER use generative AI in ANY of my written work. Everything I post will be organically and creatively my own.

Reblog if you don't use Generative AI to write fanfics/original fics or to create fanart/original art.

Reblog if you’d rather give yourself papercuts between each of your fingers and then rub hand sanitizer all over your hands than use generative AI to write or draw anything ever

if you work in a creative field...or if you do creative hobbies like writing or drawing...you need to make friends with people who don't do those things. you need to befriend normie Steve who has never written a story in his life. and this is because when you are in a creative job or hobby and spend all your time doing that thing, surrounded by very capable people, who you inevitably compare your own progress and skills to, you forget what the baseline human skill at that thing is. and it's usually zero. normie Steve has not written a story since the 3rd grade when his teacher made him do it. he's very good at other things that are not storytelling - but if you tell normie Steve that you wrote a full 300-page book from start to finish, he will think you're some kind of savant. he does not know ANYONE else who has done this. you need this perspective. because when you're constantly on Let's Write Stories dot Com then everyone on Let's Write Stories dot Com will inevitably be like "oh of course everyone on earth has written a book or several at this point!" and you canNOT let yourself think that. that is not even close to the average human experience. you are in a bubble. do not put yourself down. do not give up.

reblog if you would never let ai write fanfics for you

there is an IMAGE in my HEAD and i cannot DRAW IT. hatred and rage.

there is a CONVERSATION in my HEAD and I cannot WRITE IT. rage and hatred

ao3 does in fact have a reccomendations tab and it's called going to your favorite author's bookmarks list

I highly recommend doing this!! I also like to peek at the works and bookmarks of folks who interact with my fics 💜

The best advice really is to just write. Write badly - purple prose, stilted conversations, rambling descriptions. Don't delete it, pass go, take your $200, save all your garbage in a big folder. Look at how much you've made - it doesn't matter if it isn't perfect, isn't polished, it was practice. Every time you write you learn a little more, and find another piece of your voice.

he should wander away and have a picnic while he thinks about what path to choose

By the sea, so he can enjoy the sound of the waves

Perhaps he could collect shells he finds interesting

He should give it back to the crab in the largest shell, they thought they had lost their wave-pod and are grateful he found it!

the gift of friendship :)

The crab friend cannot eat either of those! Let's split a nice seaweed salad instead. :)

Seasar salad

What about that sword in the first panel?

This is somehow both the epitome and antithesis of "yes, and" and it FASCINATES me

"No, and"