Reminders for fanfic writers who think it âdoesnât countâ
⌠Your writing counts. like, a lot. If someone felt something because of what you wrote, then it matters. That scene you almost didnât post? Yeah. Believe me, someone out there bookmarked it for a reason.
⌠Writing existing characters doesnât make it âless than.â Youâre building arcs, crafting dialogue, emotion, pacing. Youâre studying character psychology like a scientist. Thatâs not âjust fanfic,â thatâs storytelling.
⌠âbut itâs just fanficâ ...no. STOP, itâs craft.
Itâs understanding tone. Itâs hitting emotional beats. Itâs layering theme and backstory and prose into something people feel. Youâre doing the work, you just donât get graded on it. (Which, honestly is a blessing.)
⌠Writing fanfic means you love stories enough to live inside them.
You care, deeply. You care enough to reimagine, to explore, to add something of yourself to a world you didnât create and somehow still make it feel brand new.
⌠Someone out there rereads your fic like itâs their favorite book.
Maybe theyâve saved a line to their notes app,or they quote it to a friend. Maybe they just think about it when theyâre having a bad day. That little fic you almost deleted, itâs comfort now.
⌠Your comments section is real. Every âI needed thisâ and âthis made me cry in a good wayâ is proof, you donât need a book deal to matter. You donât need a publisher to have an impact, because you already do.
FANFIC IS WRITING! Fanfic is yours.
Youâre not âjustâ anything. Youâre a writer, own it. Be proud of that.
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