HEAR ME OUT!

I’m looking for someone who wants to team up and write trashy, ridiculous, unapologetically fun romance novels for profit. I want to be clear that I’m looking for someone who genuinely enjoys romance and has a sense of humor about it. You don’t need to be the next literary genius. In fact, I would prefer someone who understands that sometimes the plot is held together with duct tape, sexual tension, and vibes.

The type of trash im looking for:

Ridiculous premises

Unhinged characters

Excessive yearning

Dramatic misunderstandings

Hot people making terrible choices

Whatever other romance nonsense we can cook up

TROPES 🥃TROPES🥃 TROPES🥃 TROPES🥃

The goal would be to actually finish and publish the books, splitting the work and profits between us. If this sounds like your particular flavor of nonsense, DM me and tell me a little about yourself, what kind of romance you like to read/write, and what you’d want out of a collaboration. This is a serious offer and would be glad to explain my full business plan with thoes who are serious.

Hii, I'm a 32yo female looking for writer buddies~ critique partners aren't really what I'm looking for primarily but really I'm after creative writers who just want to chat about our projects and nerd out together. I write queer romantasy fiction and I've been writing since I was 11 years old, so that's 21 years of writing books and stories (though nothing published yet.) I love darker themes as well as cute fluffy ones and combining the two is my favorite thing. I love to chat not just about writing but all sorts of things, mostly on Discord, and we don't have to like the same genres to chat, I love all sorts of writing. Bonus points if you also like to draw, but it's not required ❤️ Send a DM my way sometime if it sounds like we'll get along!

On my endless pursuit of a good writing buddy I've unfortunately encountered some very bad ones, so much so that I have to make a post here about how YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED TO FREE LABOR! Not once have I (and I presume other good hearted people that are active on this sub) been approached by random people asking for us to review their work, with nothing they can or will offer in return. Many times the post will say "looking for writing buddies! Anything is fine" something like that, but then once you actually talk to them on discord you realize that they, in fact, have no intention to put in efforts to review your work, but expect you to painstakingly review all of theirs.

And if it's just free labor it's not that big of a deal. But YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED TO IT. Here is an example of someone I met: Demanding me to review their work filled with shitty grammar and incomprehensible spellings at 1 AM in the morning then questioning why I'm still online after I said I'm going to sleep, implying that I should review their work, at 1 AM in the morning. First of all, it's none of your business why I'm online! Second, have you heard of ASMR with your screen on? Then at 9 AM in the morning they question why I haven't woke up to review their work yet. Well, guess what? It's free labor! You are not offering me anything in return! I don't owe you anything! Especially with that attitude.

And this is not just single cases as well. The first writing buddy I had demanded me to read their incomprehensible 20k wattpad story with NOTHING TO OFFER IN RETURN. Then once I actually gave them valid feedback, questioned if I read everything. Turned out they just wanted some free compliments.

As I found out, the shittier the writing, the more likely the writer is entitled. My best writing buddy was extremely talented at writing and reviewed my work as well and did not push for anything whatsoever. Meanwhile all the horrible writing buddies I had all came with works consisting horrible grammar, horrendous spelling, a mess of a plot, and no characterization. Just an advice, don't try to give them actual criticism because they won't take it. Only compliments. Some of them even admitted they just want to feel good.

Let me reiterate, this is WriteWithMe, not I-am-entitled-to-free-labor-and-will-demand-you-to-do-it-because-you-are-so-nice-and-I-am-in-need-of-assistance. If you want to boss people around with nothing to offer in return, go to fiverr and actually pay someone.

Hello! 38f seeking a co-writer for an original story that we would create from the ground up together, with the writing preferably done via googledocs, though communication would likely be done via discord.

My preference for genre is flavors of fantasy, but I'm pretty flexible if we come up with an idea outside of that box.

I'm seeking adults only, though putting NSFW aspects into the story are entirely optional.

Also interested in writer friends in general, even if you don't want to collaborate. Chatting about world building and characters and plots with someone who can appreciate the nuance is always fun.

If you're interested in either, feel free to drop me a DM.

I love this subreddit. I enjoy making connections with a lot of you. I enjoy finding time to write and work with people and bounce ideas off each other.

If you want to find a good writing partner please have something to share first. This is WriteWithMe and not WriteForMe. More and more I have seen people wanting a writer, whereas they don't have anything more than a writing prompt. All writers have a dozen ideas or more they are ready to write. We don't want more ideas. We want someone to write with meaning alongside.

We are trending at the moment, which is where most of you have more than likely stumbled across this place :)

I won't lie, this sub has been dead for a year or so but I am so glad and SO excited to have you all here!

A few things to remember:

1. This sub has been reanimated from the dead, so please keep in mind that while your post may not gain any traction or responses at the moment- it will eventually. Just be patient and you are always welcome to make more than one post if your last one has been forgotten.

2. I have added flairs, please use them. It will help distinguish the kinds of posts everyone is looking for.

3. Have fun! This subreddit is for finding like-minded writers, and there's no community better than a community filled with poets and story tellers :)

Lastly, I want to thank you all for coming here and an even bigger thank you to those that have chosen to stay! Any ideas or comments for the future of this sub are greatly appreciate and you are more than welcome to message us with your ideas or comment them down below. The comments section can also be a get to know me, give a brief outline of who you are and your writing style and see if you can find your writing soul mate!

I already made a post once, saying that I'd be down to write with anyone about whatever. But often what ended up happening was focusing on their idea and not any of mine, so I was wondering if we could start from scratch and build something new together.

I'm open to many ideas and genres. I'd prefer 18+ because I'm 21. I don't care what gender. I'm very non-judgmental, so feel free to be wacky or weird with ideas. Whether you want it to be a real story someday that's published or just goofing around for our own sake, that's fine too.

I lean towards sci fi, dystopia, horror, and romance for my own writing. My writing style is very psychological and focused on what the reader feels rather than what sounds good. All DM's welcome, and if you can't, then lmk.

Edit: I meant people who are 18 and over, not NSFW

The Starbase 118 PBEM RPG is an active community of writers now in its 27th year of continuous operation and we're always excited to welcome new members! There's no experience required and we have a full training program which starts every Monday to introduce folks to our style, so if you're interested please check out our website @ https://starbase118.net/

I've been with the community for about two and a half years after finding it because of a post in r/Scifi and I'm glad I did - I've made friends from all over the world, written more than 250k words and had a great time developing a character and letting him grow.

I'll be around all day to answer questions so feel free to say hello!

There are SO many people I see that have similar styles or interests every week posting looking for a partner. Before you post, just check the last 10 or so posts and see if your partner is there.

I've seen posts an hour apart looking for the same thing in the same genre/style.

Writing Partners

Your next best partner isn't always going to do film, short stories, etc. You don't want an exact copy of you. You do want someone who will work on something close enough to provide solid feedback.

Co-writers Just because the idea isn't exactly your idea, if it's in the same genre or has similar elements to things you enjoy, reach out. Test yourself, get out of your creative silos. If you only write novels about dragons falling in love with cyborgs, then you'll never know if you can write scripts about dystopian societies that have dragon overlords. Also, you're weird, and I'm here for it.

Accountability partners

Anyone consistent will do. I need about 20 of these to scream at me every week. I think we all do, kind of.

Writing Groups I hate these. They clog up the works. I'm bordering on banning them outright, even if they aren't just discord, but if they are discord they belong in the stickied post that goes up weekly.

It's heartbreaking seeing so many cool ideas just get 0 comments or minimal interaction because people are either super picky for no real reason, or are too lazy to scroll and read someone else's wall of text while expecting people to read theirs. I want to get involved in all these projects, but I simply can't.

That being said, I'm happy to help. Just ping me publicly instead of modmailing or messaging me, but please, please, please check recent posts. If you think you're up to modding here to specifically work on connecting multiple posts by different users that may work well together, drop a line below.

i am a 20F, i write a lot and i thought it would be nice to have a connection with someone (preferably someone around my age) who i can share interesting and unique writing ideas or prompts with. basically to keep us out of writers block and occasionally come up with something just for the thrill of it. i work so much these days and writing has been one of the only things keeping me from becoming a zombie. please let me know if you are interested!

Hello!

I am looking for a writing partner. All experience and genres welcome. I am a beginner myself, working on my first draft and would like to make a friend (or two) in which we could hold each other accountable to writing and bounce ideas off one another.

Also, it would be cool if that turned into a friendship as well and not just an “acquaintance” writing partner.

I am super friendly and love talking to people!!

Please let me know if you’re interested!

Hi, people! I’m a 22F trying to sit down and write long enough to actually finish a story—or at least rescue some of the 3,506 ideas buried in my laptop graveyard.

I’m looking for a writing buddy interested in exchanging work weekly (or biweekly when life happens), giving each other feedback, but primarily providing a reason to write consistently. Ideally, I’d also love to make an actual friend—someone to yap with about stories, exchange song recommendations with, and join me in daydreaming about becoming famous writers—not just someone who exchanges documents and disappears.

I mainly write fantasy and slice of life. I’m comfortable with crime, darker themes and supernatural elements, but graphic horror/gore isn’t really my thing. I’d prefer to connect with someone who is 18+.

If you’re interested, we can exchange writing samples to see whether our work and feedback styles mesh well :)

I write about how complicated love can make people, exploring the messy, contradictory and sometimes uncomfortable sides of loving someone. I'm not really interested in typical romantic tropes or gimmicks. I prefer exploring complicated people, questionable decisions and relationships where nobody is entirely innocent. I want to write about things that are hard to justify or even sympathise with, but that you can still understand. I like making readers question whether they can root for something they know is wrong. I've got ideas down; I just struggle to mesh them. If you're in the same boat, let's brainstorm together, hold each other accountable, and critique each other's writing. That's all, Hope you have a great day.

My DMs don't work so hit me up!!

I had a random realization recently.

I don't really have any writer friends.

So I made a post about it, and somehow ended up meeting a lot of cool people from different parts of the world.

Then I thought... why not just make a group for this?

And yeah, that's how The Hall of Author's was made.

Short name: THOA.

It's basically a place for writers, artists, or just creative people to meet others, talk about their stories, share ideas, yap about random stuff, or just make some friends.

If you like writing, drawing, making random stuff, or you're just a professional yapper, you can join too.

I'm also an artist and a beginner guitarist.

...I don't know why I'm collecting hobbies at this point.

I'm also the author of a very new and underrated ongoing series called Ken: My Inner Demon.

Yep, still using a 2019-style name.

I'm not good at names. Only good at being lazy.

If you wanna join THOA, drop your Discord ID in the comments.

Or if you don't want to join the server but just want a writer/creative friend, you can drop your Instagram if you're comfortable with it.

I'll leave the Discord link in the comments too, just in case.

Also, there is one tradition here.

You have to introduce yourself in the introduction channel.

Don't ask why. It's tradition.

And I might reply late sometimes because of time zones, thinking too much, or honestly just laziness ig.

Don't mind me pls.

That's pretty much it.

If you're a writer, artist, guitarist, creative person, yapper, or just someone looking for friends, feel free to join.

Dubu senpai out.

I know the term "ghosting" is usually used in dating but this happens to me constantly in just any kind of online interaction. No matter if I'm trying to commission some art, find a writing partner, or even just have an accountability buddy; I will be ghosted. The problem seems to have even gotten worse in the last couple of weeks. I posted about trying to find a writing partner and received a bunch of replies. Many of them just ended up ghosting me. Even the ones that seemed really promising. I don't understand this. Does everybody encounter this or is it just me?

Also, does it seem like this sub has really died down? I never see more than 10 people online and practically every post has less than 3 comments. Just seems like there isn't a lot of interaction happening anymore.

Looking for creative friends, storytelling partners, and maybe a little writers' room of our own!

What's up, everybody!

I'm 36, from the US, and I'm looking to connect with other creative people who genuinely love developing stories and building fictional worlds.

I'm not necessarily looking for someone to immediately sit down and co-write a book or screenplay. I'm looking for people who enjoy the whole creative process.

Taking some random idea and spending hours turning it into something incredible. Developing characters, building worlds, exploring motivations, creating conflicts, and bouncing ideas off each other until we've built something neither of us could've imagined alone.

I'm especially into sci-fi, psychological thrillers, crime dramas, action, and morally complicated characters.

Ultimately, I'd love to develop original concepts into movies and, especially, original television series. I'm particularly interested in the long-form possibilities of TV: creating compelling pilots, building season-long arcs, developing evolving character relationships, and shaping stories that could grow across multiple seasons. Maybe even build a creative studio someday.

Ideally, I'd love to find both a close creative partner and a small group of 3–5 people who enjoy getting together on Discord, brainstorming, challenging each other's ideas, and just letting our imaginations run wild. I'd especially love for that collaboration to eventually lead to developing original TV series together from the ground up.

Location doesn't matter! You could be from St. Louis, London, Tokyo, Nigeria, or a research station in Antarctica for all I care. 😂 My only language requirement is that you speak English comfortably, because unfortunately, that's the only language my brain came equipped with fluently. I'm still waiting for the multilingual expansion pack to drop. 💀

Different cultures, backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences are more than welcome. Honestly, I think that would make the creative process even better.

You don't need professional experience, published books, or industry connections. Just be an adult who genuinely loves storytelling, has an active imagination, and enjoys collaborating with others.

I'm looking for creative chemistry first, friendship hopefully, and maybe some amazing stories along the way.

If that sounds like your kind of thing, reach out. Let's see what we can create together!

hiiiii I’m 23 Fyear old reaching out because I’m looking for a beta reader/write buddy for my fantasy novel,

I’m not looking for a professional editing report or line-by-line corrections. What I’d really like is a fresh reader’s reaction to the story as a whole.

I’d love to know things like:

What did you think of the characters, and did their decisions feel believable to you?

Were there any characters you particularly connected with, disliked, or found confusing?

What did you think of the relationships between the characters, especially Kira and Damian?

Did the story keep you interested? Were there places where your attention dropped or where you felt it needed more?

Which scenes worked especially well for you, and which ones felt weaker?

Did the emotional moments actually land, or were there places where I pushed too hard or not enough?

What did you think of the humor? Which jokes landed for you, and which ones felt forced or could use more?

Were there moments where you were confused about what was happening, why someone made a certain decision, or what a character knew?

And, most importantly, when you finished a chapter, did you actually want to keep reading?

You absolutely don’t need to make your feedback formal. Honestly, I’d prefer something conversational“I loved this,” “I didn’t buy this decision,” “this part dragged,” “I wanted more here,” etc. I’m looking for your genuine reaction as a reader.

The manuscript is fantasy, with political conflict, survival, class divisions, and a strong focus on character relationships and consequences.

I’d also be happy to send you the first few chapters first, so you can decide whether the book is something you’d enjoy reading before committing to the full manuscript. thank you in advance

Basically everyday, we share each other the 1k we wrote. That's it. It's like reading a book but you can only read a part each day because... well, it's still being written. I have multiple wips so I'm sure we'd definitely have at least one similar genre. If not, I don't care, I'll read a good story.

(PS : Cuz I'm new to reddit, I probably can't dm people so please do comment if you wanna join and I can share my mail?)

hey! weird long shot but i’m a 21 year old girl seeking a kind of idea-bouncing partnership from another creative writer working on projects of their own. i come from a roleplay background (i did indie tumblr rp and jcink) and while i would appreciate someone from that background, i’m not actually seeking a specific rp relationship; i’ve drifted from that scene quite heavily due to its creative limitations and social structure, and i want to just explore independent projects and/or 1-on-1 collabs with some kind of end goal.

as for what i write specifically, it’s a mixture of everything but lately leaning short stories, plays, and narrative fiction in general. i’m fascinated with real-world scenarios, history, counterculture, film and art scenes, but i dabble in everything. current project is a short story about two gutterpunk drifters meeting again after time apart and exploring that sort of lifestyle and the loneliness of being apart of that culture. i meander a lot maybe but relationships and personal nuance are important parts of my work! dialogue and strong characterization are some of my favorite elements to play with. would love feedback and progression on this bad boy

i value building through conversation, working out kinks by asking questions, in general just harboring a supportive space with lots of creative flow?? and lbr i could use an accountability partner! and i’d love to provide the same for someone else!

i’m also 100% down re: collab project, but i value chemistry and a personable relationship first. no limitations here re: what you do, i’m really interested in just getting to know someone on the same level! feel free to swap pinterests/discords/or whatever you’re working on in my dms! hope this catches someone’s eye!

Facts about me:

1. I don't know dick about shit.

2. Most of what I write is silly scifi/fantasy garbage.

3. My schedule's flexible so it's easy to catch me on Discord.

4. My mom thinks I'm talented.

I'm just spitballing, but it'd be great to have someone I can analyze media with as well. I'd love to take Community apart to see what makes it tick. Plus, without someone else to do this with I'm just some guy watching Netflix in his underwear.

Writer-wise I really dig Calvino, Ursula K Le Guin, Borges, Dan Harmon, Charlie Kaufman, and Ted Chiang. I'm not sure if I'd call them influences, but they're people I aspire to write like.

I'm 20M, novice writer. I write dark fantasy, low fantasy and historical fiction.

I want to connect with someone to talk about our works, exchange chapters and offer critique.

If you are interested DM me.

Hi there! I’m Arcadia (29 F)

I’m interested in finding a co-author and writing buddy for my first fantasy novel (preferably another woman around my age, but I’m open to anyone interested). I believe it has series potential if done well, and I’ve gotten most of my ideas for book one outlined for us to start with. I’m very open to making adjustments to the story as a team, if we were to work on this together.

I’m new to writing, but I’m truly dedicated to making this story happen one way or another, so please know if you’re willing to give me a chance I won’t waste it. I’d love to find someone to share the story with and watch it grow far beyond my wildest expectations.

I enjoy all things space, science and history related. So if we end up working together you’ll notice I pull from real world elements and find ways to spin them into my story.

Some elements of my story include:
Multiverse with portal travel
Ancient wars that threaten to repeat
Sprinkles of romance throughout
Language influence from Latin, Ancient Greek, Babylonian, Sumerian cuneiform.
The sometimes harsh reality and messiness of healing.
Hope.

*I feel it’s important to address that I don’t believe in using AI to write a story for you. If that’s your thing I’m not here to judge, but I’m firmly planted on keeping THIS story written by humans. I don’t care if you use it as a resource/tool and we could discuss that in depth if we decide to work together.

If any of this sounds interesting to you or you’d just like to make a new friend, drop a comment saying hello or send me a chat. If we decide to work together, I’ll build us a dedicated discord server and we can discuss our plans from there.

I'm 46, male, and based in the UK. I'm confident in my writing and ideas, but what I struggle with is finding the focus and prioritising actually doing the work. To make things worse, I'm constantly coming up with new ideas! I'd really like to take my writing more seriously.

I'd like to find someone who I'm able to check in with, maybe once a week or every other week or so, just to talk about what we're writing (if you/me are comfortable), but moreover, keeping each other accountable - perhaps being able to talk about aims, wordcount, etc. I'm a therapist in my working life, so I'm very comfortable offering this same thing to people in return.

Not sure what other information I would need to provide but happy to do so!

Hi! 38/female. I started writing romance fantasy and contemporary books. I’m an accountant by day so I wouldn’t say writing is my strong suit but I’m roughly 65k words into my first novel and plenty of other ideas to write about. I’ve had friends read portions of my book and so far feedback has been great.

I want to work with someone to at minimum review each other’s work, but truly having someone to write books with is my goal. I’d love a 50/50 partnership.

If you’re based in Texas that would be even better. No preferences on if you’re male, female, gay, straight or anything. Going off vibes of the person and similar writing styles.

It’s called Writer Match.

While its primary purpose is to help writers match with a writing partner, it’s structured like a dating app - showing you the top possible writing partners in a simple pass/connect style like Hinge.

You can also get logline feedback, store your projects and make them visible for likes/supporters, and chat with other writers inside the tool.

How we match writers:

1.) Sign up.

2.) Create a full profile.

3.) List your projects, writing samples (No AI), preferred formats, genres and influences.

4.) We score all members based on how much their taste, influences, preferred formats and genre overlap with your own, showing you the most compatible writing partners (the ones with the highest compatibility score) in order.

I’m debating whether I built this right, but we don’t have enough profiles to know for sure. This is why I’m in dire need of more honest, if not brutal, user feedback.

If you’re based in London I’m also looking to host in person events where we’ll pair up two writers to work on a project - to see if my philosophy about how to pair up compatible writers works well enough.

You can try the IOS version or the web version at app.writermatchapp.com (https://app.writermatchapp.com/) and fill out the beta survey here (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeSiwfaz6CiFPK1VsVGenkrEL5AepMeoe6Y9hGC-AJwpGIxBw/viewform).