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Things to know about being a furry writer....
12 years ago
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1) You will never get the audience that an artist will, this is just a fact. Art is showier, quicker and garners a bigger following. Period. It doesn't matter how awesome you get, the most amazing furry writer on any site will have a fraction of what the most amazing artist does.
2) Don't be discouraged by 1. Accept it, move on, don't dwell on it and get upset that a massive audience isn't ass patting you.
3) You will get burnt out. Eventually writing sex scenes will blend together for you, it'll just be the same program time and again of inserting parts into other parts and then someone ends up leaking stuff.
4) Continuation of 3, don't be afraid to take on new kinks and ideas, don't be afraid to do something nonsexual for a story. It might not get you favs and comments the way porn does, but it will clear your head.
5) Everyone is an editor and critic, you will get messages and comments that are scathing and hurtful. Take it and move on, only keep what actually helps you.
6) You will do kinks and situations that you aren't squicked by, but you don't enjoy, find something you like about it and get through. Sometimes just the act of something new is fantastic all in itself, even if the space goo monster is stuffing people down his dick as you write it.
7) You will be haggled with, constantly. No matter what your price is, it's just WORDS man. Just words... how can you charge for like... words?
8) If you're an avid RPer, expect for that drive to go downhill rapidly. As you write more, you will find that you spend more time on stories than playing with others.
9) If you're going to do commissions, make sure that you do your best to keep on it. Hold to deadlines, try to treat it like a business/job. If it's just a hobby, at least let your commissioners know abotu it.
10) Invest in a good keyboard, a GOOD one. Your wrists will thank you in the long run.
though i most oftent ry to avoid writing erotica, since i'm not very good at it ^^"
think the BEST erotic piece i've done is the one showcased on my gallery just because it was showing a lot of improvement to my writing as a whole. ^^
I don't and likely won't write erotica. Just not interesting to me and I'm not good at it. I like to write longer stuff versus short scenes. However, since I branched out to writing from RP several years ago, I completely lost interest in it. I like to have a little more control on where the story goes, haha. That and there's a ton of stuff out there that squicks me out and would turn down in a heartbeat.
Also, along with the scathing comments expect some folks to hound you to edit their work and expect critique. This I used to give freely until I came across a few people who were quite impatient(to the level of sending me several private messages per day). I'm not necessarily saying don't do it, but don't let someone else monopolize your time. Find a good balance.
I don't do commissions. I did take requests for a short while(though didn't receive any), but a full-time career and life is getting in the way of things.
Keyboards are king if you write quite a bit. This is why I typically invest in corporate-grade business laptops rather than cheap consumer-level hardware. Stuff like Lenovo/IBM ThinkPads and the Dell Precision I currently use. For the desk I've got a used IBM Model M I picked up for a song at a local electronic breaker's. Those are awesome keyboards and really do hold up to the test of time.
though to be honest, Ive gotten almost no scathing reviews/critiques O.o
One I can remember, about 4 years ago and that was just because I killed off some one's favorite character so they decided I was an evil horrible person. XD
Thank yoou for the reminders ^.^
still, that's why i am kept motivated, is because i want to tell my stories that are in my head, and i want to world to experience them, that why i write, even with so few people that follows my works.
It also helps to have art dose for your stories too, helps people get more immerse in them, hehe
i do need a better keyboard, that's no question.