Some people genuinely don't know the proper way to support writers here. Especially if they come from different fandoms that make gifs or write fics where liking posts is okay e.g., the Supernatural fandom.

The purpose of this response isn't to start an argument. Just insight on how some readers I've come across have been attacked for not knowing how to properly support writers especially when they are new and still navigating the space.

I appreciate the hard work writers put into their stories. Sometimes a little clarity from authors that do not have any warning would be appreciated especially for people who are new to the space / fandom and only started reading.

I appreciate your kind response and hope others reading this will be open to what has been said and be kind and not perceive it as a bad thing.

At that point honey, there’s nothing much we can do. I understand what you’re saying— thru and thru. But we aren’t mages. We can’t read minds. We don’t know who is on the other side of the screen.

What do we do when we don’t know something? We research. So if the individual has time to like something, they can click that reblog button, see how others chose to celebrate and give that individual their flowers;— you’d take from that and that’s how you become a better and more involved reader.

Being shy- It’s not much of an excuse not to support your writers. We don’t know you well enough to “embarrass you” or try to put you down for indulging on some shit. Hell, honestly— it’s how you make friends on here! By being open and free with yourself.

Again, we do this for free. It takes a LOT OF OUR TIME. So when gratitude is not shown, and we don’t feel appreciated, we lose drive. We lose confidence in ourselves yet, you’re just like “well lemme like this because that’s all I can do.” When it’s not.

And I mentioned in my previous tags, if we have the slightest idea that you’re a minor too— because that’s a HUGE deal, you will be blocked no questions asked. If you don’t have your age in your bio. You will be blocked, no questions asked. It’s not our job to ask you to put your age in your bio. It’s not our job to tell you to reblog if you interacted by liking our work either.

This is just my advice. There’s not any fandom on tumblr that I know that’s ok with you just liking their work. Reblogging is how our craft reach others. So it doesn’t matter if you’re making gifs, creating fics, edits, moodboards ANYTHING — that people put their time and their hard work into— support them by sharing their work and/or telling them what you like about it. That’s what helps us thrive.

9. who are your favorite editors?

@sixtiequeen @aflerglow @sunsetbabe @t-swft @wouldfallfromgracie @onelookdarkspook @littlelllusion @flower-swift @holygroundpiano @femmetay @goldenlikedaylight @milkshakeitoff @seethestarlights @daylightoutro @seedaylight @holdsontoyous

13. what’s something (in your opinion) you’re not so keen on?

well this is just personal preference but I don’t think edits need to be flashy to be impressive. I’m most drawn to skill in coloring and lighting.

21. have you ever thought of making a job out of the passion of editing?

yes but not seriously, although that would be amazing

Whenever a franchise does really, fantastically well, people always praise the directors and the actors for the amazing job they did. It's all praise this, praise that, you've pulled all of this together.

But when something does bad, when it all goes wrong, people are very quick to point angry fingers at the writers. It's your fault! You fucked it all up!

Now, believe or not, this is not a comment directed towards GoT. I don't watch it, but what I am seeing, is the aftermath of the latest episode, something that I've seen before, not to the same extent, but still there towards Supernatural.

The fact of the matter is, any show, any movie, any franchise, all has a three stage step. Pre-production. Production. Post production. Let me tell you now, in each of those stages, a very different story is being told.

Some things work well on paper, they can be read out loud and people think it's awesome, but by the time production comes around, the world begins to change. Some things aren't practical to be produced, some things actors feel in the heat of the moment are out of character, some things the directors feel out of character, some things get script rewrites because things just can't work on that particular day for whatever reason. Then, after months and sometimes year of work, it hits the editing stage, creating a whole new world and often fresh eyes for this story to exist in. They see bad acting, stiff dialogue, mistakes on screen, and all this affects what the final product will be.

This means, realistically, instead of just blaming the writers, why not blame the whole process? Writers struggle to get enough credit as it is without having all the stories blame placed on our shoulders too. Can we take some of the fault? Sure, after all, without a script, the beginnings of it all doesn't exist. But is it fair for us to take a fall because a director or production company (cough, most franchises, cough) gets too heavily involved? No.

Everyone seems to be so willing to dish out negativity to the writers as soon as things go bad, but no one seems to want to remember when things go right, when you have those special moments that just absolutely fall into place at the right time. That's the whole process my dears, all starting with the writer, pen in hand, fingers ready at the keyboard.

We can take constructive criticism like most creatives, but we also need the praise like most creatives, something that people seem to forget about and leave us in the dust. We work just as hard as the rest of the cast and crew and we need that positivity too. You want more good writers? Support them just as much as you would support an actor or director. More often than not we are forgotten names in the dust of shows and movies.

This goes for editors to, who don't seem to receive any of this at all, but they deserve just as equal recognition. As someone that's spent hours in front of a screen editing only short films, I can tell you that that stuff is hard and requires absolute concentration.

I get it, I do, you're angry, hell, when S12 of Supernatural ended, I was epically pissed, and a lot of it was poor and lazy writing, it stopped me watching the show, but I also knew that there were others making poor decisions too. It was clear that the director/s didn't really give a damn which then reflects on the acting that was given, and in all fairness, the editing was fairly lazy too. The reason why is because it's a popular franchise, they think they can get away with shit like that and they don't care as long as people watch it and it makes money.

Now, I know that the above might sound a little contradictory to what I've said, but I'm a trained screenwriter, I can usually pick up lazy story telling versus the rest, I don't want you to think that I'm just pulling this out of nowhere.

Just, and I'm kind of begging here, remember there's a whole process behind these stories, you can't point blame at just one singular group, nothing in the film and tv industry works that way. There should be support and negativity on all levels because everyone is involved. It's all a big group project that, unfortunately, you sometimes have shit circumstances in, but it's still meant to be an even playing field.

there are also posts from people who either haven’t met taylor, haven’t gotten noticed by her, or don’t have her follow. so if, ya know, feel like helping out, i’d suggest @illgowhereveryougo.