#my fanworks are not content – @aph-japan on Tumblr

artists and writers please reject thinking you need to regularly create ‘content’ (unless you have a patreon or something, and even then, not fully…) content is a business term for social media. content isn’t the reason you began making your art. you may burn yourself out thinking you need to regularly create and share what you create and capture the moment with your art for maximum engagement from others. that is not a sustainable way to create. value the creative underground growth period and honour the time it takes to bring something into being with carefulness and thought as to what you are expressing

#fandom #fandom issues #media #content #fanworks #fanworks relevant #fic relevant #writing #art #arts #creativity #this #*Not Up For Debate I Am Just reblogging in Agreement #my fanworks are not content #(Again)#(Ill still use the term sometimes either very jokingly or when referring to actual media content creators who use the term for *themselves*#(But I *never* used this directly for *my own fanworks* outside of a clearly joking way)#(No one should be looking at my amvs or oneshots or whatever as 'content' for any damn series I create for)#(Including all my past fandom works or even any chara or series I ever rp'd for!!)#(I didn't even start *hearING* the word 'content' used in this context until 2k16 when Tri was dropping)#(and suddenly everyone ELSE began using the term)#(actively expecting me to know and use it that way too)#(the whole time I was sitting over here like '????? You guys are calling your fanworks for this super niche rarepair CONTENT?????')#('The super niche rarepair{s} in question all have way less than 200 works on AO3 and everything on WLW side doesn't even push 20 works')#('Most of the time?!??!' 'YEAH it SHOULD Be More but')#(Maybe Don't treat ALL your fellow fans as 'content creators' or 'content producing' machines if we're not using the terms for ourselves)#(Support fans creating for the same niche series and pairings and maybe we'll be encouraged to create more!!)#(But it won't and will never happen the longer we are treated as 'content producing' machines by YOU)#('Shut up and write!!1!' Literal Actual Things I Saw Years Back by a vaguely prominent member of old main fandom{s} no how abt YOU SHUT UP)#(YOU try 'Shutting up and writing' instead of coming at the rest of fic writers like that because YOU hate if we have boundaries AT ALL)