>>54816391>Yeah okay.A petulant tween eyeroll, in text form.
>Your pretentions attempt atWas this intended to be "pretentious" or «pretentions'»?
>gatekeeping what is and isn't real writingDogwhistle jargon detected.
Opinions and judgments keep no gates. Only those who stop or proceed with an action according to the opinions and judgments of others gatekeep themselves.
>such a holier-then-tho crock of bullshit that I know you had to have come up with it while sniffing your own farts."Ev'r notice how, your own farts, well, mossa time, they smell alrite? Makes ya think, ya kno, maybe it's-a bit o' pride inna way, cuzzit got you a-laughin' the way it sounded, first. But if it's one of them lingerin' farts, an' you leave 'n come back, and whooo now it smells like-a shit, like somebody else done that. Anyhoo, just remember that and think about how it is when we're readin' you and yer tryin' at puttin' some shit down and we's thinkin', 'Why this dude got fart sniffin' on his mind for some reason?' "
>Artists publish their work to be consumed by others because it doesn't feel "done" until they doNot true for all artists.
>it's still just a WIP.It's just a W if it is no longer IP.
>If people reading your work isn't your #1 motivation for publishing, then why even publish?Why carve one's initials into a tree or a stone, knowing passersby won't know what those initials mean?
It is a permanent expression of personal will, and that can be its own final cause.
>Why publish with a name?Sites hosting fics want accounts to have names, and people like to be able to talk about authors.
>Why post with a trip?Identity establishes context. Also, prevents wasting time with ">>###### anon here". Backdoor nameposting is dumb; just use a name.
>Artists are entertainers, and that includes writers.Some are. Others are philosophers, critics, and enigmas.
>There is no entertainment without an audience.There is always an audience, even if it is only the artist himself.
