Dec. 22nd, 2023

GYWO 2024

Dec. 22nd, 2023 12:54 pm
rynling: (Mog Toast)
I just signed up for Get Your Words Out 2024 (and you can too)! I fucking love this community, I really do.

For 2024, I volunteered to contribute posts here on Dreamwidth. If the mods accept my pitches, this is what I'd like to write about:

(1) What makes human writing distinguishable from ChatGPT. I've been gnashing my teeth about this for the past four months, and I think I have some insights. Hopefully. This isn't "advice," exactly, but it's interesting to consider.

(2) How to handle rejection. I've gotten rejected a lot this year, and I mean a lot. It still hurts more than I'd like it to, but I've developed a number of concrete, practical strategies for not letting it destroy me.

(3) How to commission an artist. I was recently surprised to learn that many people are nervous about doing this, or they don't know how to find the right fit for a project. I struggle with these concerns too, but I commission a lot of artists anyway. It would be nice to help other writers feel comfortable doing the same.

And maybe?

(4) How to do numbers on AO3. I recently saw a well-meaning post on Tumblr that contained extremely misleading advice about "how to become a popular fandom writer," and... I'm not saying it's easy, but it's not actually that complicated. Honestly, I think anyone can do numbers on AO3 if they follow some simple rules and put in the work.
rynling: (Gator Strut)
> Honestly, I think anyone can do numbers on AO3 if they follow some simple rules and put in the work.

Sorry, I didn’t mean to be cryptic. Here’s how to do numbers on AO3:

(1) Write smut about popular characters.
(2) Write a decent amount of it.
(3) It helps if one or more of the characters is male.

And that’s it. Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it.

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