copying this in here for people who dont have tumblr:

me as a writer: Oh no I can’t write that, somebody else already has

me as a reader: hell yes give me all the fics about this one scenario. The more the merrier

Me as a writer: I feel like I’m repeating myself, I’ve already used that theme, I’ve already written that kink, that other character uses that speech pattern so this one in another fandom can’t, I feel like I’m writing predictable things, is this different enough from that other thing I wrote, are people filling out bingo cards by my work? :sobbing:
Me as a reader:* oh hell yeah this hit the spot exactly, I hope this writer has written 20 more just like it

As one friend said when I felt I was reusing a theme too much, nobody ever says, Did Agatha Christie write about murder again?

thank you for bringing this to my doorstep kitty, i really needed to hear it again.. ive been having many dibilitating "everything i write is samey" concerns lately.. but this is so true. i love it when authors have a favourite thing and write it over and over again. im NOT sorry that im going to write sooo many virgin jisungs and first-time-kissing minsungs and grinding and pred/prey and dry fucking and jisung-gets-adopted-as-a-kitty and minho-fixes-jisung and minho has a big dick and boys in skirts and anxious jisung ......... thank you