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For established or long term fanfic writers, what advice would you give your younger self? (self.fanfiction)

submitted 1 year ago by Frostwolf to c/fanfiction

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Given the chance that you can talk to your younger self. It might help others who are lurking here too :)

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[–] Frostwolf 3 points 1 year ago

Haha. Our lives were taken over by fanfics at some point. Though I wouldn’t trade fanfiction for anything. It was my comfort zone, my teacher and to some really loaded ones, a mentor and a therapist. A fanfic even helped me process a painful break up. Where others would just say “you’ll get over it”. I find the fanfic communities are more supportive than people IRL.

That said, your advice is very solid. A lot of us had that negative review from time to time. But we can always delete or ignore them. Fanfictions are our safe space. We read and write at our own comfort levels. :)