[ SECRET POST #2567 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2567 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Tumblr and/or social justice in and of themselves aren't fandoms, unfortunately.

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Comments

[raaj]

Echoing everyone else that if you really, really want to write, practice, but honestly, if your big motivation is to get the writers' attention and talk to them?

Don't worry about writing stories. Review. Message. You can write, but that's by no means a guarantee that people will think you want to be approached for conversation. My fanfic in the last five years or so has gotten me far, faaaaaaar less discussion than my willingness to kick the ball back-and-forth on meta. Further back, I did get most of my fanfic start in a small fandom where I ended up chatting to a number of the other writers, but it's because we would gush at each other in reviews and spread out to other topics, and a number of people we talked to weren't writers at all but read and reviewed through the same site.

[likeadeuce]

This. Writing CAN get you involved in a conversation, but if your main motivation for writing is to be part of the conversation, you can do things like give feedback and write recs about your favorite stories. Post on your journal on tumblr about what your favorite stories are and why you liked them, and link back to the fics to let them know you've been reccing them. That doesn't GUARANTEE they'll want to be bff with you but honestly, neither does writing and posting in a fandom. If you see discussion going on in your fandom, go to where the discussion is.

[ketita]

As somebody who writes fic, I can say that this can absolutely work. A lot of my fandom friendships are with people who commented on my fics, or sent me enthusiastic messages, and I'm always super happy to talk to people.
And as a result - because I spend time chatting with these friends, we talk about ideas and plotbunnies and stuff, and half the time I end up writing fics based on ideas that came up. The power of the Enthusiastic Reader should not be underestimated!

[lunabee34]

Agreed!