helly-watermelonsmellinfellon:
I’d like everyone to see this
{Credit to amalasrosa on Twitter}
#real #not to be salty but this is what ive been saying#like everyone out here really still acting like fanfic isnt really writing#like its subpar and like it cant be good and have amazing lines#even fanfic writers treat it like its LESS and like theyre PLAY writing and not actually writing#like friend buddy ican ASSURE YOU that fanfic is every bit as real and good as writing from books#the only difference between fic and actual books is that books go through several stages of processing and editing and filtering#and are worked on by professionals who studied the craft of editing#while fanfiction cuts that filtering and everyone gets a chance to be heard and to be read#and instead of editors we have peer editing and reviewing#dont be fucking tricked by the mass notion that anything that young girls and queer people are interested in is immediately bad and subpar#bc it is fucking not #i will FIGHT for it #fanfiction (tags by @crossroadswrite bacause they add so much to this post)
The real irony is there is plenty of fanfiction that goes through more rigorous editing than some published fiction. So the difference in quality between fanfiction and “professional writing” is totally arbitrary and made up. Except that some things that are more expensive are worse.
@helly-watermelonsmellinfellon
This is you
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Honestly, it’s just me. My mom used to beta for me but she has health problems that make it so she can’t focus for long and I write so much and so often that she was burdened by it. So I took up editing myself.
And I edit so much. I go over each chapter I write at least 5 times during the editing process. And in that process I’m fixing mistakes and adding details to scenes that I feel are stiff. I can add a few thousand words depending on how the editing goes.
And it’s a lot of hard work. Especially since it’s never perfect and people are still pointing out my mistakes.
I have a fic that’s been averaging 20,000 words a chapter recently and it’s harder to catch those mistakes because of the sheer size of the chapters, but I try my best.
There’s so much effort that go into this. I started a long time ago, and only began posting online maybe 8 years ago. My writing has improved a lot since then, which is necessary if I’m to edit my own content. I pick up most of my mistakes now and I am confident that most people wouldn’t be able to see Grammar errors because even those proficient in English don’t see every mistake.
It really annoys me when people claim fanfic isn’t important. I have an impact. It’s not large or even all that special, but there are groups of people in specific fandoms, who share specific interests, and they look to me to make their fandom experience better, even if it’s just a little bit. That might not seem important to the big wigs out there, but to me it’s a big deal. I’ve participated in something much larger than I am, and it matters to someone.
Mooncustafer 