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F!S Anon Meme (the Seventh, and now on DW!)

Secrets, rants, opinions, anything you want to say about your fandom or a fandom or fandom in general, do it here! Anonymously, of course. Get it all off your chest.

Some ground rules:
1. Going anon is encouraged but not absolutely required (for those who struggle with captchas and stuff).
2. No autoplaying/autolooping embeds, or embeds that cover/stretch the screen.
3. No dropping personal info or IRL contact info, etc.

That's about it, though!

I'll be linking some general/general-fandom threads I see so people don't repost new threads with the same stuff.

Unpopular Ships
Obligatory Masturbation Thread
Fandoms you wish existed
How old are you?
What series have you always meant to watch/read/play/etc. but have never?
Time and location
Female-centric works
How do you feel about Tumblr?
Pet thread
Guilty pleasure thread
Favorite old shows
First fandom?

Comments

Fandom Cold Feet

[(Anonymous)]

I wrote out part of a story for a fandom I like. The problem is that the fandom is kind of known for being a little elitist, the last story I wrote got good concrit but it was pretty blunt (I appreciate the hell out of this like any writer should but my self esteem is in a bad place recently so it's hard to swallow), and I haven't posted anything I've written in a real long time. I'm writing in a weird style too where I've seen secrets posted where people will outright skip fics written in the style.

It makes me all really really self conscious and I keep second guessing myself and thinking "who would want to read this." It's gotten more exhausting than enjoyable to write and I'm having a really hard time just letting go and writing for myself. It's hard to disconnect from the fact that it's a story I'm writing specifically for other people for the purpose of communicating a story I really want to tell and stop being so motherfuckin self conscious about it.

Anybody else have a similar problem? The funny part is I'm going to post it anonymous if i ever finish it and I'm still being this nervous. Sigh.

Re: Fandom Cold Feet

[(Anonymous)]

I love writing and have been meaning to write some fanfic but the prospect of other people ignoring or hating on my pieces is enough to stop me from writing.

Re: Fandom Cold Feet

[(Anonymous)]

leave that fic in the backburner, don't delete it, and start focusing on writing something else just for you/just for fun

what is important is to try to keep writing at least a little every now and then, every day if possible, so that you don't get rusty and have a hard time picking it up again after a break, but if writing this fic is torturing you, either convince yourself that you won't post it until it's done or never post it at all, or go write something without all the pressure of presenting it to that fandom

Re: Fandom Cold Feet

[(Anonymous)]

I would love to know what fandom this is for as I have a theory and want to know if I'm right....