your friendly reminder to write for yourself, not other people, and dont be overcritical of your own work! especially if its a short fic, people wont care if you spell pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis wrong. if you like it, chances are, someone else will too and your writing could make their day just that little bit better :)
writing is weird
i recently got back into it, and noticed the difference between now and my 2 years younger self. where i used to struggle to reach 1000 words, ive been able to write a 3500 word fic, which i thought would only be a drabble from a vent fic? its nowhere near finished, so 3500 words already is a lot.
ive noticed the only difference is that i used to write for other people which is great, but i wasnt happy with it? so i stopped, took all of those horribly written, cliche stories down and pretty much quit writing.
but now, i started again after a bad day to just vent and project onto a character. i looked back at the work a week later and turned it into something i can work with. i still dont love it, but i like it more than my old works and im happy writing it. i now have 2 WIPs and i have so many options of other ideas im dying to write.
im not completely sure whether or not ill post them, but maybe? if i do, itll definitely be on my other acc