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arolesbianism · 10 months

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Also fun "hot" take if you aren't willing to rewrite or cut the racist shit in your writing then you're a shit writer. I do not care how much the plot depends on it. I do not care if it would mean rewriting huge chunks of the story. If you are incapable of cutting content that is genuinely harmful then maybe you shouldn't be writing this story. Or any tbh.

#rat rambles #rat rants #cutting content even if itd be easier to keep it is an incredibly important skill in writing so if you cant even cut out the bigotry in #your story then like genuinely you need to just fucking scrap the story I dont care #like accidentally bigotry is just going to happen sometimes like you arent evil or whatever if you accidentally write smth kind of racist #but your priorities start to show hard if you refuse to actually revise the racist shit or whatever other bigotry #criticism of bigotry in your writing isnt a personal attack on your moral character just fucking listen its not hard #better yet have a critical eye on your work without poc or whoever else having to do it for you #like you can research this sorta stuff yourself you arent a toddler you dont need your hand held constantly #you can seek out minorities who have told their stories before instead of waiting for them to come to you its allowed my guy #idc if the idea of a beloved character of yours having bigotry in their writing makes you uncomfortable. it should. thats Why its important #to take this sort of criticism deadly seriously and potentially make big changes to said character if needed #so like genuinely. if your gut instinct anytime you see someone point out the bigotry in your writing is to viciously defend it? grow up.#even if the criticism is misfounded you dont get out of it by just saying you arent a bigot #anyways sorry for the long rant Im just Tired man.

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