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3pm: "Who the fuck wrote this shit? It's me? I fucking knew I sucked at this. Nobody would even buy this for free. "

Write the Stories You Wish Existed

Hi everyone! I hope you are all doing well. I want to share some thoughts with you all—starting with a huge thank you for the love you've shown my work.

​I started posting fiction because I was inspired by others, but also because I noticed a void. I wasn't seeing the content I actually wanted to read, which leads me to my main point: Write what you want to see.

​When I started, I realized I was tired of the same stuff:

​"x Reader" stories that were really OCs or self-inserts.

​The naive/innocent reader in her teens to early twenties. <- Often paired with an older character displaying predatory behavior.

​Y/N (reader) with zero agency and barely two functioning brain cells.

​Smut that reads like a bad porn (I actually enjoy a good bit of them).

A total disregard for proper tagging—especially when it came to dark content

Content without any substance.

​A lack of Black representation.

Etc. <- I could list like thirty other things.

​So, I started writing my own stories. By filling those gaps, I found an incredible community of readers and creators. I’ve grown as a writer, and more importantly, I’ve been able to write for a minority group that is often overlooked or mistreated on this platform. To my beautiful blessings—Black women; my work exists to center us in stories of care, romance, mystery, nuance, and freakyness 🩷

Now, back the the main objective.

​Why You Should Start Writing Today:

​Your Voice is Unique: I can recognize my favorite writers works without seeing a username because I love their parlance and nobody has their flair. There are thousands of writers here, but no one has your specific style. Even with the same characters or tropes, your style is what will make a reader choose your story over someone else.

​Growth is a Process: You don't have to be a grammar expert or a master of prose on day one. Reach out for constructive criticism, proofread your work, and keep going. You will improve with every single line—maybe not every line, but definitely with every project. Whether it’s 300 words or 50,000, finish it. That’s how you grow.

​Fill the Gap: If a character is ignored or a trope is tired, change the narrative. If there is a concept you want to see, write it! If you’re looking for it someone else is too.

​Don’t let the fear of "not being good enough" stop you. Put in the effort, write with intention, and create the representation you’ve been looking for. Someone out there is waiting for exactly what you have to say.

​If you’re tired of seeing it, stop consuming it and start replacing it. ​

Write it into existence!!

They are not consumers, they are readers. Their attention is not the disinterested view of the economised short form, their attention is endless, their attention is love. For the characters, for the stories, for the realms of imagination that spiral into their daily daydreams.

They are here for the long form, for the million words, for the billions of stories about that one episode of TV they've seen eighty times.

They can never been saturated. They can never be sated. They've been reading that ship for forty years and will keep going until the end of time.

You want my mercy, the cleanliness of redemption without the rot of punishment.

Just like you never wanted my love. You only wanted the possibility of a witness. Someone to stand at the edge of your ruin and nod.

I love when people talk about their versions of how they see laughing jack like yesss tell me more!! 👀✨

Currently imagining how I see laughing jack from past him full of colours and happiness to being sucked of life, numb, and defensive. A lanky body of stuffing and old withering memories. Gosh it’s so sad to think how his colours left him either all at once or slowly, some still clinging on to the hope he tried to hold onto. I like to see it as his colours slowly leaving him the more he waited and the more hope he lost. I like to imagine him as a cat once loved but eventually being abandoned, a feral animal, claws out, retreating into the darkness, the only thing that hasn’t left him. A teddy bear that has been dropped and forgotten about, being left to dust underneath a bed 😔

I see him as the type to externalize his rage out on others instead of keeping it to himself as a way to cope with being abandoned. Doesn’t dare form any connections because the last one he made destroyed him to the point he doesn’t even recognize himself. Definitely a fearful avoidant (unfortunately like me). Sometimes when he’s alone with his thoughts despite his denial he craves a connection that won’t end up hurting him but since he fears being abandoned again he won’t dare make that fantasy into reality. Also see him as the type to instantly talk about something else right after being vulnerable like “You really won’t leave me? Oh look at this trick I learned!!” *Cartwheels away* 💀

Also see him as the type to be very clingy especially if you somehow form a bond with him and need to leave him for a bit like needing to go out or wanting a late night walk like he’s gonna be following you around secretly like some sort of spy for a couple times until he really believes you on your word that you’d come back.

Also the type to not forgive or forget, maybe something small but something like trust? This guy does not do well on breaking trusts especially promises.