I write smut not tragedies

@ladydorian.bsky.social

Left behind for being too oily 40+ in fandom, writer and sometimes artist She/Her - Bi - Pro-fiction 🔞 #OCs AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/LadyDorian Tumblr: https://ladydorian-writes.tumblr.com & https://ladydorian-can-art.tumblr.com

Every writer who generates a slop image for their work is a class traitor. "I can't afford a visual artist" So your solution is stabbing artists in the back? Stealing from them? Furthermore, slop-generated imagery suggests slop-generated writing. That's how you're presenting yourself.

I find this an increasing issue in YA as well. A lot of authors are trying to hold the hands of their teen audiences (or of the adults who are reading it). Everything is over explained and wrapped up in a tidy bow. Teens complain to me about it frequently.

jonny@misterbloat.bsky.social · 4d ago

It’s about time we had a reckoning with the need so many writers feel to over-explain everything aspect of their stories, even in non Weird genres. Readers don’t need to be babied. Let us figure things out. Leave room for interpretation. Over-explanation makes writing worse.