I Just Saw A Post On Tumblr Asking If You're "allowed" To Do Something In A Story You're Writing. (In

We are all having a bad time at the conference

My dad was dealing with some mixed feelings so I told him "In therapy when something is too complicated to do a simple 'pro and contra list' we sometimes do an excercise where you imagine all these mixed feelings around a table in some kind of conference, letting each tell their bit and you leading the debate."

and my dad didn't really respond and just stared ahead so I kept preparing lunch. Until a few minutes later when he suddenly piped up: "I am having a bad time at the conference"

GET YOUR BOOP ON, BABY

BOOPING IS BACK

“this story is ai generated—” blocked “this art is ai genera—” Blocked “this media is ai—” BLOCKED

WRITE IT ANYWAY!!! EVEN IF YOU DONT THINK YOURE GOOD ENOUGH!!! WRITE!!! IT!!!! ANYWAY!!!!!!!

Finally.

has this one been done yet

being a writer leads to a genuinely helpful but also very stupid kind of mindfulness where you'll be having a sobbing breakdown or the worst anxiety attack of your life and think "okay, I really need to pay attention to how this feels. so I can incorporate it into my fanfiction."

And now that Wattpad has gotten rid of direct messaging between users, this is the only type of message you can receive in your inbox. There isn't even an option to block or opt-out. What a joke.

This is what happened when a fanfic site is profit driven. Wattpad sucks 😞

The email from Wattpad is so condescending imagine pressuring writers to update and work while they are doing it for free and fun. Also the discovery? Algorithm? Of Wattpad looks like a stressful popularity contest 😑

I hope the january-february mass depressive episode doesn't continue into march

shout out to everyone who participated in the january-february mass depressive episode

Oh so it's classist and ableist to be against generative AI in creative writing? Nanowrimo is really out here implying that poor and disabled people can't be good writers without plagiarism and theft, and that's beyond words disgusting. Especially since the very demographic that's being the most negatively effected by AI taking over job roles in the creative fields are people who rely on keeping those jobs in order to survive. I.e, financially vulnerable and disabled people.

So it looks like NaNoWriMo are happy to have AI as part of their community. Miss me with that bullshit. Generative artificial intelligence is an active threat to creativity and the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people in creative fields.

Please signal boost this so writers can make an informed choice about whether to continue to take part in such a community.