Thread by @omnistruck, thinking real long and hard about how little respect fic writers get, [...]

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thinking real long and hard about how little respect fic writers get, lads

think about it though.

-when& #39;s the last time you saw a social-media-wise promotion campaign for fic writers?

-how often do you see fic writers getting or even opening commissions?

-what kind of numbers are fics getting compared to art?

-why are we so thoroughly satisfied by the instant gratification art provides, but we only theoretically invest in those 100k+ [insert trope here] fics that there& #39;s always somehow a meme about?

-and if we do invest, why do we feel it& #39;s only enough to leave a kudos IF THAT?

-why is our only rhetoric regarding fic writers that "they do all this for free?" why are we by and large ONLY allowed to do this for free?

we have to, have to, HAVE TO do better by fanfiction. i, for one, am absolutely goddamn exhausted by how long and how often i& #39;m discouraged by how it& #39;s treated nowadays.

so. compassion starts here. a movement has to start here.

if you& #39;re a fic writer, QRT this tweet and fucking BRAG about your words.

drop your AO3, your socmed, your fandoms, your ko-fi, whatever. promo it here. lift yourself up, lift someone else up.

you deserve to be seen. you deserve to be read.

oh jeez, this is getting more traction than i thought. maybe a hashtag would help?

how about #ficwritersclub ? boost yourself!!! boost others!!! i love you and want you seen and read!!!!!!

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