[ SECRET POST #4862 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4862 ⌋

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 24 secrets from Secret Submission Post #696.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

Re: Secrets you're too lazy to make

[(Anonymous)]

Hm, for me at least, it's less about altruism and more... how should I put it? Have you ever seen Cool Runnings? There's a scene where Coach Irving is talking to Derice about why he cheated to get a gold. medal at the Olympics years ago, and he says to him, "Derice, a gold medal is a wonderful thing. But if you're not enough without it, you'll never be enough with it."

It's basically that sentiment. Comments are fantastic! But the tides of fandoms change; people will like different things than what you're writing, or they'll move on to other fandoms, or your fic will get lost in a wave of updates/new fics, there's a million variables. So to rely on such an unsteady source of validation is really just setting yourself up for heartache and self-reproach. That's why I've always said to write for yourself－ not because you should be doing it as a favor to others regardless, but because the act of writing and publishing and enjoying what you've written can be its own validation.

Re: Secrets you're too lazy to make

[(Anonymous)]

I write for myself - if I didn't I'd be writing for money. Oodles of money, if what non-writers tell me is true. But I also like dopamine hits and when I get them they give me the oomph to keep writing fanfic.

Re: Secrets you're too lazy to make

[(Anonymous)]

I write for myself. I post for the comments. If I didn't want that interaction - and, sure, that validation - I'd just keep everything I wrote in my desk drawer.