#writing masterpost

IVY’s WRITING masterlist ⭑.ᐟ | part two of the master list MDNI ⊱ mainly SATORU GOJO + smut fics 𖦹 jjk ⸝⸝ cod ⸝⸝ bnha ⋮ ⌗ heed fic tags pls

✧ SATORU GOJO

FRESH OUT THE SLAMMER

sypnosis .ᐟ fresh out of a relationship which had shackled you to normalcy and quite frankly boredom, you run right back into the arms of your unhinged ex-boyfriend, who personally thinks it’s a war crime that you’ve gone six months without an orgasm

SLOW SWEET MERCY

sypnosis .ᐟ satoru gets in his head sometimes, it’s his nature, and sleepless nights are common enough—but he doesn’t want to suffer through this one alone and he knows you can get his mind empty and cock spent very easily

TEQUILA NIGHTS

sypnosis .ᐟ your clingy boyfriend has a little too much tequila and his oral fixation—which is hard enough to deal with on a good day—heightens until he’s in your lap, whining for your titties

DEAR GOD (I HOPE YOU'RE LISTENING)

sypnosis .ᐟ your asshole of an boyfriend (now ex) had cheated on, leaving you heartbroken and humiliated. you want payback. and revenge's never tasted sweeter when it's on your ex-boyfriend’s dad's lips (and cock)

LOCKSCREEN

sypnosis .ᐟ it's just one of those days where satoru is desperate to cum, too horny to think about anything but getting off, and the sight of you on his lockscreen isn't helping

ESPRESSO [PART ONE] [PART TWO]

sypnosis .ᐟ you and your astrophysics major boyfriend go to a coffee shop to do some work when you get the brilliant idea to play with him—watching him stammer and ramble about orbital decay and whatever else with your foot pressed to his cock under the table

PURPLE LACE BRA

sypnosis .ᐟ satoru's in his car chilling when you send a photo that almost makes him nut on the spot

BREAKING DAWN

sypnosis .ᐟ satoru wakes up in the early morning to his cock throbbing and the remnants of a dream of you

FREAK LIKE ME [PART ONE] [PART TWO]

sypnosis .ᐟ satoru gojo, your boyfriend of one year, three months and seven days, is harbouring a secret from you, in worries over scaring you off. and that secret? he's a massive fucking pervert

TEARS

sypnosis .ᐟ satoru’s always had good stamina—and an insatiable sexual appetite. he can go rounds and rounds and rounds in bed

HOOKED (ON YOU)

sypnosis .ᐟ you and satoru are in the car, about to go to Suguru's for a chill night when you kiss him. It's entirely innocent and sweet. and apparently all it takes for his cock to come alive

BEAUTIFUL BOYS

sypnosis .ᐟ satoru gojo and all the ways he likes being pegged dumb

BLINDFOLDS

sypnosis .ᐟ satoru’s had a long day and wants to play with you and use some pretty toys on you until you’re squirming in his lap—with one small twist

BLUE LIGHTS

sypnosis .ᐟ you stumble across satoru’s camboy page purely by accident—when you end up watching him fuck himself on a dildo, it’s less of an accident

PRETTY FACES (TO SIT ON)

sypnosis .ᐟ satoru finally asks for you to sit on his face and it's all he's imagined—and more

[1] NEW MESSAGE

sypnosis .ᐟ satoru calls you when you're out at dinner, and he's always been a menace, but when he's also horny? It’s a whole different ballgame

SUBMIT HERE

sypnosis .ᐟ you decide to torture your bestfriend the best way you know how—by giving him a blowjob whilst he's giving an online presentation

STATIC

sypnosis .ᐟ satoru’s stressed, working on his latest assignment that he can't seem to string together like usual, and comes crawling to you to make his head go quiet

STRAWBERRY CHAPSTICK

sypnosis .ᐟ satoru gojo loves kissing. more than that, he loves kissing you

AT YOUR FEET

sypnosis .ᐟ satoru gojo is clingy—it’s been a rule of law since you started dating him. so when you have to do some work at home, reports, paperwork, whatever, naturally he finds his way under your desk

THIRTY SECONDS

sypnosis .ᐟ you give satoru his first ever blowjob

MILES AWAY

sypnosis .ᐟ satoru’s away on a mission in another city and you miss him—naturally he’s planned for that because your boyfriend knows you so well and prepared a surprise for you

STUPID GAMES, STUPID PRIZES

sypnosis .ᐟ you and satoru go out for drink with kento and shoko—normal. however satoru wanted a twist for the night and you’d been more than happy than to oblige

SPECIAL CASE

sypnosis .ᐟ satoru hadn’t planned to run to your place when he had sent the meme—he hadn’t planned on eating you out at the door, or making you cum on his face. but life happens (suguru is gonna kick his fucking ass)

FLU SEASON

sypnosis .ᐟ satoru gojo doesn't get sick (until he does)

CITY SLICKER

sypnosis .ᐟ satoru wasn't built for the countryside. he likes his coffee and notebooks of scrawled equations and the comfort of numbers that always make sense. until you step in—a proper country girl teaching him the ropes (in more than just rounding up cattle)

RELENTLESS

sypnosis .ᐟ satoru’s always been the kind of guy who gets a little too obsessed with things. His genius brain doesn’t just learn—it clings, latching onto complex theories about the universe like they were bedtime stories. he's seen it happen time and time again, obsessions he can't let go, things he fixates onto. digimon, vintage comics, the secrets of the universe. and fucking you raw happens to be the latest on his long list of fixations

ALL NIGHT

sypnosis .ᐟ satoru gojo, astrophysics major, comic book hoarder, socially awkward genius who who doesn't know how to make conversation when it's not about numbers or stars, turns out to be an insatiable, desperate little freak when the doors are shut

HOPE THEY DON'T HEAR US

sypnosis .ᐟ you text Satoru in the middle of his classical mechanics class with a picture of your lace white panties and naturally he ditches to fuck you in the bathroom

SPREAD 'EM

sypnosis .ᐟ satoru’s never gotten his ass eaten—so you fix that

WELCOME HOME

sypnosis .ᐟ you come home to your boyfriend after a week long mission, and he's missed you more than you know

BLUE EYES

sypnosis .ᐟ satoru’s always had a praise kink—always an overachiever, always soaking up attention and a kind word. and when he gets quiet and shuts down after long missions, the world heavy on his shoulders, you know how to open him back up

ETERNAL SUNSHINE

sypnosis .ᐟ your boyfriend has a small kink, if you can call it that—you think it might as well be a full blown obsession now with how often you find him between your thighs, licking away like it's his own personal key to heaven

MOONLIGHT

sypnosis .ᐟ you both come home, drunk and kissing, and satoru begs for your strap

JUST FRIENDS

sypnosis .ᐟ you and satoru have been best friends for years, practically grew up together, and yeah maybe he got his mouth on your pussy a couple times and you jerked him off until his eyes were rolling back, but it doesn’t actually mean anything

SEMPER FIDELIS

sypnosis .ᐟ you and father satoru have struck up a deal, one that leaves him clutching his rosary and begging for forgiveness even as he kneels for your pussy

SHADES OF BLUE

sypnosis .ᐟ you have a bad day and like always, satoru is there to catch you

JOSEPHINE [PART ONE] [PART TWO]

sypnosis .ᐟ satoru's been away on a mission for three weeks now and he thinks he might be losing his mind just a little

STRAWBERRY ICE

sypnosis .ᐟ satoru gojo craves attention the same way he craves flooding his veins with strawberry ice and shitty tequila. he just so happens to want it most from the person most unwilling to give into his bullshit

GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL

sypnosis .ᐟ your boyfriend ignores you in favour of playing pokemon, so you decide to teach him a lesson

MAULA MERE MAULA

sypnosis .ᐟ your boyfriend dresses in a kurta for the first time to meet your family (and he's incredibly nervous)

LAMP LIGHT

sypnosis .ᐟ you wake up to your boyfriend pouring over equations in the middle of the night at his desk

PENT UP

sypnosis .ᐟ after a long and torturous exam period and thus forced period of forced celibacy, your boyfriend is unbearably horny

MUSE

sypnosis .ᐟ you're taking an art class when there's a new live model introduced—white hair, blue eyes, a body of sin, and your teachers best friend. he laughs loud and it turns out moans louder

RUIN THE FRIENDSHIP

sypnosis .ᐟ you and satoru have been friends since you were 12, attached at the hip, through missions and losses, and you've been harbouring a secret from him—that you've been in love with him since you were 12. you hold the secret of your feelings close to your chest, afraid of wrecking your oldest and closest friendship, the risk too high to ever even consider if he might feel the same way. but one night you're drunk off too much tequila and years of yearning for the boy who's always known you best and you end up leaving a voicemail message that changes everything

LIKE WE'RE MADE OF STARLIGHT

sypnosis .ᐟ you and satoru have been friends for years and one snowy night, when the alcohol flows, satoru realises just how pretty you are when you laugh at his stupid jokes

BIRTHDAY BOY

sypnosis .ᐟ it’s your boyfriend's birthday so you deserve to gift him an extra special present, wrapped with a pretty white lace bow, of course

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✧ TOJI FUSHIGURO

PRETTIEST WHEN YOU CRY

sypnosis .ᐟ you have a bad day and your boyfriend knows how to make you take your mind off of it—with a small harmless ulterior motive

SINNERS AND SALVATION

sypnosis .ᐟ after a bad job toji comes home brooding and stormy, and who else to deal with his bad mood but you—his soft and sweet girlfriend with the perfect soft and sweet cunt to match

NEIGHBOURS KNOCKING

sypnosis .ᐟ toji shows his love for you the only way he knows how: fucking you into the sheets like a whore

SIENNA

sypnosis .ᐟ you come home, overwhelmed after a long day, and as soon as the door shuts, you crumble. toji's there to catch you, like always

SMOKE AND MIRRORS

sypnosis .ᐟ you’ve been in a pissy mood the whole day and toji decides you need an attitude adjustment

LATE NIGHT TV

sypnosis .ᐟ toji’s always known you like how big he is, how he can hold you in his arms without breaking a sweat. the fact only proves itself again as you bounce in his lap when he’s supposed to be watching tv

WHITE MUSTANG

sypnosis .ᐟ toji comes back to you on an afternoon washed with honey dewed sunlight and the smell of apples in the air, rugged and tired, only letting himself crumble when its in your arms

STARS COLLAPSING (IN ON THEMSELVES)

sypnosis .ᐟ you have a tendency to shatter, collapsing into yourself, splintering into sharp little pieces and everytime Toji is there and everytime he picks up the pieces, not caring about how many cuts collect on his palms

BAPTISE BETWEEN YOUR THIGHS

sypnosis .ᐟ when you show up to his apartment teary-eyed, toji decides to set your head straight for you

PRETTY TOYS AND PRETTY GIRLS

sypnosis .ᐟ toji's gambled the last of his last pay cheque and has to find a roommate. in you come with your soft giggles, banana bread and hordes of vanilla candles. he doesn't expect how he starts enjoying coming back to the apartment. or when he finds you using a vibrator and mewling his name

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✧ KENTO NANAMI

VODKA CONFESSIONS

sypnosis .ᐟ you’ve never seen kento drunk before, and probably for good reason because it turns out he cannot hold his liquor—and that his tongue gets very loose when he’s drunk

AGORA HILLS

sypnosis .ᐟ kento comes home pissed, and the only thing that can calm him down is your cunt

AFFIRMATIONS

sypnosis .ᐟ you’ve been feeling insecure, so kento shows you how much you’re worth to him

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✧ SUKUNA RYOMEN

LAZY SUNDAY

sypnosis .ᐟ sukuna's sleeping on the couch and wakes up to find you in cute little cotton white panties, and naturally his dick likes that sight a lot

TIGER HYBRID SUKUNA

sypnosis .ᐟ a list of my favourite headcanons of tiger hybrid! sukuna

BLUSH PINK

sypnosis .ᐟ sukuna eats you out and makes you blush all the while

RED LINES

sypnosis .ᐟ sukuna lets you tie him up (and then suffers the consequences)

COLLARED

sypnosis .ᐟ you decide to put a collar on your boyfriend

CUTENESS AGGRESSION

sypnosis .ᐟ your boyfriend faces his worst enemy to date—how unbearably cute his girlfriend is

VESSEL [PART ONE]

sypnosis .ᐟ you didn't mean to eat the cursed finger, or to end up being the unwilling vessel of the former king of curses who still isn't socialised properly despite a thousand years of existence to his name and likes to make unwanted comments on your choice of clothing that according to him does nothing for your tits (asshole). but like most things in life that don't go your way, you decide to just suck it up. it's a little harder though when you have a thousand year old curse in your head berating you when you're trying to use your vibrator after a stressful week

VESSEL [PART TWO]

sypnosis .ᐟ you haven't touched your vibrator (or yourself for that matter) ever since your little incident with sukuna. you try block him out, ignore the fact he got his fingers on you, that he made you cum so hard you forgot your own name. it accumulates to nothing when you end up having a dream that reminds you just how good it feels when you just give in to him

VESSEL [PART THREE]

sypnosis .ᐟ ryomen sukuna does not like to be ignored. people cower when they see him, his name is a myth and a legend and strikes terror just from a mere three syllables. and you, the bratty annoying human that you are, decide to ignore the king of curses. he doesn't take it particularly well

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✧ SUGURU GETO

SOUND CARRIES

sypnosis .ᐟ suguru was supposed to come over to get lunch with you and satoru—instead he accidentally overhears his best friend fucking you within an inch of your life

THE WALLS

sypnosis .ᐟ you and suguru are over at satoru’s for a lowkey party—after a bunch of missions, you both need to let loose. and well with how busy things have been, suguru’s missed stuffing his face in your cunt

UNDER THE COVERS

sypnosis .ᐟ you and suguru are over at satoru’s for a sleepover—satoru’s idea, he insisted. when the night winds down and everybody’s sleeping, suguru’s hands start to wander

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✧ CHOSO KAMO

PINK POISON

sypnosis .ᐟ choso kamo—emo outcast, drummer, all smudged eyeliner and messy black hair —somehow ends up where no one else has ever managed to be: inside the queen bee’s bedroom, the domain of the campus’ own brand of pretty, perfect evil, under the girl who's made grown men cry at 9am with nothing but lipgloss, a smile and a venti whipped frappe in hand

EXCEPTIONS

sypnosis .ᐟ you're having a fucking god-awful day—valentino pumps ruined, cashmere sweater soaked by the rain, a B+ on your politics paper—so you go to your favourite social reject slash hookup buddy's dorm to make him fix it (and he does)

TEARS

sypnosis .ᐟ the first time choso catches you crying he doesn’t expect it—not the tears rolling down your cheeks, the tremble to your bottom lip, the way you bite your cheek like you’re trying to stop the humiliation of being seen as actually feeling. he doesn’t expect how pretty you still manage to look even when you're having a meltdown. or how it makes his chest ache

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✧ MEGUMI FUSHIGURO

GROW WINGS

sypnosis .ᐟ it's been six months after everything and megumi dials a number he keeps coming back to

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✧₊‧˚⁀➷ TOMURA SHIGARAKI

⤷ CONSUME UNIVERSE (see main page)

part (i) terror doesn’t blossom overnight

part (ii) bend until the bones break

part (iii) take another bite

part (iv) kill or be killed

part (v) voices in my head

part (vi) alleyways to nowhere

part (vii) rampage

part (viii) blood and propane

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✧ MULTIPLE CHARACTERS

FAVOURITE POSITIONS

sypnosis .ᐟ the jjk cast and their favourite positions to fuck you dumb in

MIDNIGHT GAMES

sypnosis .ᐟ you, satoru and suguru get drunk—drinking games ensue and you end up being lain out for their mouths to worship

DOUBLE STUFFED

sypnosis .ᐟ satoru and suguru have always been good at sharing—that includes how to stuff you full

POSITIONS

sypnosis .ᐟ satoru and suguru are worst when they have a goal in mind—said goal? to make up for the busy weeks that have left zero time to fuck

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

sypnosis .ᐟ you had asked your boyfriend for a threesome and toji had agreed easily enough—he hadn’t realised you’d meant with satoru fucking gojo, the man who he quite literally would rather kill than fuck

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✧ SIMON GHOST RILEY

LOVING HIM WAS RED

sypnosis .ᐟ your boyfriend watches you get ready for a wedding

STAINED RED

sypnosis .ᐟ your usual henna girl is sick so simon decides to fill in and take a crack at it (and somewhere between the henna and hindi melodies, he falls in love)

HANDS

sypnosis .ᐟ you've always had a thing for hands, so when simon is cleaning his guns, thick fingers kissing cool metal, you can't help but squirm

SWALLOW IT DOWN

sypnosis .ᐟ you've been avoiding taking your meds so simon decides to help

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(fandoms added as I write) ( ☁️ = nonsmut , 🦴 = noncon)

i talk about writing fanfic a lot and sometimes people ask me for advice, so i decided to gather a list of relevant links all in one place. as with all advice, feel free to take it or leave it. i definitely don't claim to be an expert; i've just had lots of practice.

WRITING SPREADSHEETS

i use color-coded spreadsheets with ticky boxes to help me keep track of my daily wordcounts, predict whether or not i will make (self-imposed) due dates, keep a running tally of my words per scene/chapter, remember sideplots and "literary elements," and keep track of which scenes need editing. here is a link to the general writing spreadsheet tag, but i have also collected a few relevant posts below.

editable writing spreadsheet template - i made a template! you can use as many or as few of these features as you like. there's a guide on how to do it without breaking any of the formulas. i'm very proud of this template, so if you use it, it would make me really, really happy if you came and told me about it <3

how to make your own spreadsheet [checklist portion] [predictive features portion] - prior to making this template, i wrote these "guides" for making your own, though they aren't as nice and tidy a process as the template (i've gotten better at making spreadsheets since then). but if you'd prefer to start from scratch or like your guides with pictures, here you go!

how i decide what to put in the spreadsheet columns - what goes into picking which "literary elements" i decide to keep track of.

scene headers i use to keep track of pov & editing - this is relevant to the spreadsheet because parts of the spreadsheet use these headers.

PLOTTING & OUTLINING

i'm big into outlining. i think it makes writing more fun and prevents lots of problems and reduces the time i need to spend editing, which is great because i hate editing. this is a list of outline posts.

the triangle method - why i don’t believe in writer’s block. this post talks about one of my favorite writing articles EVER, which helps increasing general writing speed/output/joy.

how i “pre-block” scenes - this isn't about "outlining," it is about "blocking" (almost like storyboarding) prior to writing a scene to prevent me from getting stuck. i sort of adapted this method from the article above.

the process i use to write fic, start to finish - this is mostly about outlining/stuff i do before i write that helps me see the big picture at a glance. until very recently i was raw-dogging my adhd and i've always found being able to "zoom out" very helpful.

how i decide on the plot of my stories - when i want a certain thing out of a fanfic, but don't know the plot yet, the thing i want actually determines the plot FOR me.

some sections i divide my outlines into - this varies greatly from project to project, and now that google docs has tabs it would probably be tabs i divide my outlines into, but this still gives you kind of a basic idea.

pros of outlining - a general ramble on why i like to outline before i write.

how i solve plotholes & logistics issues - it's super doable when you think of your story as lots of little moving parts and remind yourself that in this world, you are LITERALLY god.

connecting an unwritten chapter to existing ones - using the mindset of solving plotholes one can also swap things around to fix a chapter that feels like it doesn't fit.

PACING & STRUCTURE

a solid outline will often help determine structure but it is also still sort of its own thing. structure is like, whose pov is this, how we divide into chapters, etc.

making a fanfic chaptered or a oneshot - typically wordcount dictates this but there are other factors too.

how/when i deploy flashbacks - i use a lot of flashbacks, mostly to adjust pacing, but also for some other reasons.

medium, structure, & chronology - also goes over the process informing the structure somewhat.

GENERAL

this section is for everything that doesn't fit into the above categories.

general advice - a little of which is specific to supernatural.

how i pick titles - difficult but doable, and still easier than the goddamn summary.

how i choose whose pov to write from - this also includes some advice on how to tell an audience things about characters that the pov character doesn't know.

how to do exposition from a tight-lipped pov character - there are ways to give an audience information even when your pov character wouldn't fucking say that.meme

"talking heads" - if i'm not careful, my writing will come out like chatfic, and this sort of explains what i mean by that.

doing research before writing vs. after writing - it's often less annoying to research big things before you write and smaller things when it's time to edit.

NOT WRITING

these aren't technically about writing itself but ARE tangentially related enough that they belong here.

music to write anything to - i can't listen to stuff with lyrics when i write most of the time; i need stuff that i can write both action and slow scenes to, so i made a list.

changing the google doc colors - i get headaches a lot so dark/low contrast visuals are a must.

replying to AO3 comments - honestly there's no real wrong way to do this, the important thing is that you reply at all! i know it's a contentious topic but i personally almost never leave comments if it looks like the author doesn't usually reply :(

working with a co-author - i cowrite @cambionverse and these are the things we learned the hard way <3

Fern's Writing Masterpost ✍️

🍿 EXPLORE WHAT'S NEW ON NUGFLIX 👇

18+ 𝖒𝖉𝖓𝖎

✟ = smut | ✿ = fluff | ☂︎ = angst | ✎ = wip

✟ ✎ No Religion — BDSM club owner!Noah x sub!Reader

Bad Decisions is a notorious kink club in town owned by four best friends who started it after their garage band never really took off. They enjoyed working together and had other interests that aligned, so they pursued a different avenue. Grace, your best friend, works as a bartender and just happens to set you up with a membership to the club.

✿ ✎ Between the Pages and Ink — tattoo artist!Noah x bookstore owner!Reader

An alternate universe where you own a bookstore and a tattoo shop opens up across the street. Your friends beg you to get matching tattoos with them, and your artist happens to be the shop’s insanely attractive owner.

If you’re looking for more general information, here is my lore masterpost with more worldbuilding and speculative biology type stuff (and specific ocs of mine)

SFW

Taking home an abandoned suit of living armor (human reader pov) (request)

Living armor S/O ideas (request)

Various suits who aren’t so empty

Drunk living armor wants you to wear them (request)

False living armor takes you home (fem human reader pov) (dubcon, fem living armor x fem human reader)

SUGGESTIVE

We need to get freakier about living armor

Submissive armor

Sexually frustrated armor (request)

Three suits of living armor fight over you (human reader pov) (request)

HIGHLY SUGGESTIVE

Living armor you expected to kill you gets attached (human reader pov) (dubcon to consensual, nb living armor x human reader, predator/prey to more)

Other versions of above (details in linked post, technically an interest check)

EXPLICIT

You restore and fail to “domesticate” a suit of living armor (human reader pov) (dubcon, male living armor x human reader, peril, edging) (request)

Failed domestication sequel (human reader pov) (consensual, male living armor x human reader, gore(not of reader), edging, possessive) (request)

Huge hedonist armor eats and fucks you (fem human reader pov) (noncon, male living armor x fem human reader, size difference, vore, regurgitation, penetration) (request)

Sequel to above (fem human reader pov) (noncon, male living armor x fem reader, penetration; nonbinary living armor and fem reader, non-sexual heavy subject matter, hopelessness and despair) (request)

Becoming a prince (male human reader pov) (dubcon to consensual, male living armor x male reader, hypnosis, oral sex) (request)

Haunted armor polishes you back (fem human reader pov) (noncon, male haunted armor x fem human reader, fingering) (request)

Chapter 1

Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 /

Extra Writing

The Story of finding Dante and Masaccio

New year, same myths. But this time, we’re tearing them down.

Firstly, Happy New Year to all. I plan on taking this part of my life very seriously this year. As a writer (or artist), you deserve the companionship. Where’s ma hug?

My first entry for the year. Hope this helps set the mood.

(M –Myth, D –Dream)

M: You must write every day or you’re not a real writer.

D: The term real is quite subjective in this case. What’s real and what’s not? Being a writer is a huge rollercoaster. One moment you’re writing 150k words in less than a week; the next, you can’t get past the blinking cursor. Other times, you prefer to be the reader. Sometimes, you just want to collab with other writers. Being a writer is very experimental. If you love writing, I believe you’re a writer, regardless of how often you write.

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M: You should only write what you know.

D: May I also make it known here that one of the perks of being a writer is the unlimited freedom that comes with it. Don’t shy away from taking advantage of it. You already know what you know, try your hands at something new. Do some research, read similar works, and give it a shot. It’s part of the process. Don’t just stick to what you know. It gets boring, don’t you think?

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M: You have to niche down or no one will take you seriously.

D: I often hear this in the content writing field and rarely in the creative writing field. This is mainly because of the monetary expectations in the former field. If you plan on offering a service, you need to be clear on what you offer and how you deliver it to satisfaction. I can say niching down helps with that. But in creative writing? If you write sci-fi today and grace us with rom-com tomorrow, I’d still read it comfortably. I look out for a great plot, amazing storyline, and character chemistry, among other things. So as a creative writer, worry not about niching down. No reader cares.

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M: You’re not a real writer until you’re published.

D: Here we go again with the “being real.” Okay, let’s see—what makes a writer real? Nothing, in my opinion. A more fitting term would be great. There are great writers whose work will leave you breathless and can’t be compared to writers who are just starting out and getting used to the environment. It’s a matter of skill and experience, that’s all.

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M: You must write in the morning to be productive.

D: Subjective! I wrote this in the morning, quite alright, but I could do it in the afternoon if I weren’t going to be busy—and at night, if I weren’t heading out. I’m one of those writers who aren’t affected by the time of day when it comes to writing. It just doesn’t apply to me. So before diagnosing yourself with this, it’s best you figure out what works best for you.

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Closing

Whether you’re a seasoned, intermediate, or new writer, see writing as an open field. You get to build whatever you want on it and start whatever you wish on it. It’s your call—and your readers are out there, calmly awaiting a tour.