Black writing friends

@Jamz💋

you should! wattpad isn't what it used to be tbh, the heyday was the 2010s but i still love it for the graphic design of it all (making covers, pretty moodboards for the characters, etc).  ao3 is nice for posting stories: you can exclude tags you don't want to see, abandon works without deleting the story if you still want to keep it up for others to read, etc. 

@marasuppukii I'll give ao3 a look. I usually have no interest in fanfics, and like original stories more. I'll share my account if I decide to make one ❤️

@Jamz💋

sounds good! i tend to flip between fanfic and original stories, whatever ideas decide to come to me type deal. 

@Jamz💋

ao3 is invite only (forgot to mention that) and it usually doesn't take long to get accepted, but i can send you an invite link to make the response time faster!

@marasuppukii yes please!!

@Jamz💋

i feel so fucking bad, holy shit. normally i could send you a token/link to bypass the line but they stopped giving any out to existing users :/ but i got the link right here: https://archiveofourown.org/invite_requests

i'm so sorry, i don't know when they changed that up! 

@marasuppukii It's ok, after looking it a bit more I don't think I wanna be there. However this topic inspired me to look into other sites to host my original writings. Thank you ❤️🤗

@Jamz💋

all good, i hope you find a good site! (also would love to expand my horizons so if you do find one, lmk)!

@sunny

oh, i've dabbled in poetry before but never had the courage to post any! i'd love to know what site your using right now to publish your works :) 

same, i've been hoping to get more black online writing friends, it gets so isolating at times. 

@marasuppukii i get it! it took me a while to get used to posting any poetry.. the poetry crowd (and poetry itself) can feel very intimidating. the website i use is named "young writers society"! its a small (unusually kind) website that seems to have been recently growing with more users! though regardless of all its kindness, its very hard to find black users on there, which is disappointing (even more so since there is a trend for people to disappear there) :/

it definitely does. regardless if you write fanfics or original stories, the feeling is the same. it feels a bit harder to find black writers... its as if writers like to hide or something. when i used to write fanfics on wattpad, it was more easier to find other black writers. it seems that its especially more easy to find other black (usually fanfic) writers on tumblr, especially since the subgenre of xreaders ("black!reader fics") for and written by black people is the most (actively) popular on tumblr compared to other sites im sure. sometimes there are specific fandom discords advertised on like twitter for specifically for black fans to chill that may have a few (fanfic) writers, but it can take a while to find that specific circle. hoping for better luck for the both of us to find more black writer buddies, or at least more communities with them! 

@sunny

it is, i feel like once you’re in the community it’s probably very chill but trying to dip your toes in is so intimidating. i’ll check out that site though, id also love to read your work if you don’t mind! what’s your user ? 

i definitely found the most black writers on wattpad but with how things are formatted now, it is so difficult to form friendships on there! it used to be so much easier to chat with the clubs too. i haven’t dabbled in writing on tumblr much, ive been a user for ages but never really started using it until like the last fiveish years??? but ill have to try and use the tags to connect with other black writers on there! i dont have a twitter but i might try to see if anyone is advertising any discords on tiktok. i wish you the best too and my dms are open if you ever feel like chatting ! :) 

@marasuppukii definitely so ^^'! my user on that site is "lalalucky" but im pretty sure you cant really go on user's profiles to check people's work & writing threads unless youre a registered user (one of my works, that i posted on this website too, can be seen on the front page for now though!). while im no active ao3 or wattpad user, i dont mind going on my accounts to check your work, if youre open to share!

it sucks how wattpad took away or limited features that helps so much with socializing on there ugh. i had noticed that when i started to drift away from the site (like at one point you couldnt even message people, something like that?? so all my messages were deleted). thats a similar case with me as a tumblr user! i suppose in the recent years, tumblr has gotten more appealing to be on. that sounds great, and worth it, to check out those methods to find more black writers! i wish you the same - and i extend that offer to you as well! :>

@sunny

i'll make an account soon so i can check out your work! and i'll look out for what you posted on here :) and right??? wattpad FELL OFF and if it wasn't for the fact i still hold love for what it used to be, i wouldn't even bother with the occasional check in. were you there when you could chat with people like AOL? i don't know how long that feature lasted, but it was so good. and now?? it's just the message board and that shit gonna get buried. yeah tumblr i've used for sims shit but imma extend it to writing now too, and i'll dm you my user for ao3!

@marasuppukii aw thats so sweet :>! unfortunately i believe i came onto wattpad after its fourms and chats had been gone... i was on the site around i think the late 2010s and was still on there in the early 2020s when wattpad disabled direct messages. after that feature was taken away, i think that basically killed any reason the community should be active if you could hardly even socialize on there :/. especially since wattpad was known to be such a (chaotic but) fun place because of the people there

ill be on the look out for the dm!