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I’ve been struggling with writer’s block for a while, feeling like there’s no point in me writing anything when there’s already so much out there for people to read. When you have writer’s block, how do you get out of the rut and start writing again?

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[–] riskable@programming.dev 3 points 12 hours ago

Think about all the absolutely terrible writing that's out there. Writing that people are reading because they feel like they've read everything else in their ~~fetish~~ genre already.

You can do better than that! Surely!

It's so bad that people are resorting to using AI to write (awful) stories for them. These stories don't make any sense yet people read them anyway. Why? Because they ran out of the other stuff they like in their little ~~fetish~~ genre.

Tell your story! I'm positive someone will be interested in it.

I recently wrote a novel for a writing contest: https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novels/22194

Many people thought it was funny and entertaining but most stopped reading after the second or third chapter. The people that made it all the way to the end expressed an attitude like, "Finally! A story that's actually unique!" And that's exactly why I wrote it! Because I'm sick of "the same old shit" (in the isekai genre) 🤣

Write your story for you and be satisfied 👍