[ SECRET POST #2953 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2953 ⌋

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Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Fun fact: nobody becomes a good writer except by practice.

Publishing fanfiction on the internet will not ruin your friend's reputation. Too-strong critiques, when they're writing (hopefully) for fun and practice, will not help them.

If you decide to share that it's not your cup of tea, or seems disjointed, or whatever, please do so gently. Don't take away their fun thing because it doesn't fit your guidelines of good storytelling.

Literally nobody becomes a good writer without practice. Fan fic is a great place to practice. She is not hurting anyone here.

[(Anonymous)]

However, that practice only helps if you *learn* from it. If you write something terrible, and everyone tells you it's great, you're not going to improve -- because you'll think you're already a skilled writer, and any changes you make are just going to reinforce your bad habits.

There's a fine line to walk between fair criticism and trashing someone's drive to actually write, I'll freely admit, and it's different based on how thin-skinned the individual writer is. I sure as heck know I've got too thin a skin, and criticism has sometimes sent me plunging into the depressive depths of 'I guess I shouldn't write at all, then.' But when people have found the right balance for me -- being as tough on me as I can stand without going over -- I've been immensely grateful for it. Being too hard on a friend is a bad thing, but being too soft on them can be just as bad.