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By Apparently not a writer - 20/02/2013 16:36 - United States - Hockessin

Today, I uploaded the first chapter of my best writing yet to a popular writing website. After ten minutes, I was thrilled to already see one review and five comments. Each comment was telling me to immediately delete the story because of how horrible it was. The rating was half a star. FML

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hunny797 5

Wednesday 20 February 2013 19:01

Delete this FML

Pleonasm 35

Wednesday 20 February 2013 19:03

Did you do a fanfic of 50 Shades of Grey? Who am I kidding that would become a bestseller.

Comments

Murooj 6

Thursday 21 February 2013 0:58

Don't delete the story you worked hard on it

SphinxJinx 0

Thursday 21 February 2013 1:13

Ooh what site is this? I wanna read it and see if it is actually that bad xD

bubblybrooke 12

Thursday 21 February 2013 1:31

Unfortunately in this case, public perception does matter. If your audience doesn't like your writing, then that's a big factor for how successful you will be. However, that doesn't mean you can stop writing. The more you practice, the better you'll get. And it doesn't matter if you're god-awful at it if you enjoy it anyways. Best of luck!

FacePalmFail 9

Thursday 21 February 2013 1:33

FanFiction I take it? Oh wait, ratings...TWCS? Don't worry, all of them get really suck-y ratings and reviews the first time around.

darkmis1 17

Thursday 21 February 2013 1:53

Keep trying, OP. Practice makes perfect.

LeCielNousAide 7

Thursday 21 February 2013 2:25

There are a lot of reasons a story can be terrible -- not enough details, holes in the plot (a surprising amount of writers don't think through their plots.

BellaMarta 19

Thursday 21 February 2013 4:27

I wonder what would happen if you uploaded your worst piece of writing.

buddy51 23

Thursday 21 February 2013 4:28

OP, YDI for being (1/2) a star!!

missd420 16

Sunday 20 October 2013 5:32

I got that reference.

outoftown 26

Thursday 21 February 2013 4:29

I know it seems like it's a dark and stormy night now, OP, but remember that it's always darkest before the dawn. See? Bet your work was better than that! Keep writing.