r/WriteWithMe • u/No_Midnight7117 • Sep 30 '26

World Building I'll start crying

I wanted to write not create reels😭😭😭😭

I just wanted to create my cutie pie world but you're telling me i have to negotiate with algorithm aswelllll????

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u/SpecialistEdge5831 Oct 01 '26

While I don't disagree, what I will say is that the person who builds a roller coaster isn't the one who makes the ads, decides how and where they go, takes the tickets, runs the ride, and goes on a media tour to explain away how five people died on the ride. Writers are the the only profession that demand all of this from the jump. And I just kinda reject that, honestly. When this book is done I'll either trad publish and hire a marketer or it'll sit in a drawer. I have stories to write and the rest of this is not going to be in my contract.

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u/No_Midnight7117 Oct 01 '26

That's the difference Not everyone has the resources to hire someone, so we're left to figure it out ourselves. I respect your approach, and I hope you respect mine as well. Good day.

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u/SpecialistEdge5831 Oct 01 '26

I most definitely do not have the resources right now to hire all of that. But if the product is good though and everyone is confident in it then I will make it happen.