[ SECRET POST #1616 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1616 ⌋


Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 06 pages, 150 secrets from Secret Submission Post #231.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 1 2 - not!fandom ], [ 1 - too big ], [ 0 - repeats ], [ 1 - personal attack ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments and concerns should go here.

Comments

[fscom.livejournal.com]

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[(Anonymous)]

inb4entitlement!!!!

re: real life entries
maybe they just don't feel comfortable or close enough to you to comment on your real life entries. i know i feel that way about a lot of people on my friends list.

[cloud-riven.livejournal.com]

Same here. I hardly comment on entries as is, so dropping a line or two on something seemingly very personal makes me extra wary. I do read just about everything, but I'm just not sure if I have no place providing feedback if I'm not particularly close to the person.

Although, OP, I hope you're not shy about asking for opinions and whatnot when you want to receive it.

[oflittlebrain.livejournal.com]

i read this whole thing in pam's voice

that moment was really inspiring, for sure, and has made her one of my favorite female characters ever. :] nothing wrong with taking cues from the office, imo.

[(Anonymous)]

Maybe some of us aren't here for real life entries. Maybe we're here because we want to chitchat about television and are happy not to be swamped with the real life problems of others.

Maybe a different forum for your real-life issues would work better for you.

[masked-creator.livejournal.com]

I second this. And it's true that not everyone feels comfortable posting comments on journals relating to the poster's real life stuff, especially if the entry is about something really bad. Sometimes just writing "Oh, sucks, hope you feel better" doesn't feel like an option. I don't know how close you are with your fandom friends OP, but try to look at it from their perspective. If you really want their feedback, ask them upfront to give your work a read.

[kallanda-lee.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean, anon. I write too in r/l (mostly non-fiction atm), and most my friends can't be bothered even though it end up on my Facebook.

[ladyneferankh.livejournal.com]

I think it depends, as a few commenters below said, if they don't know you that well, they might feel a bit hesitant or wondering if they're out of place commenting on your real life concerns. Often, I first friend someone mainly because we have things like favorite authors, TV shows or movies in common, but eventually I do branch out to commenting on their real life entries.

That said, if you've known them for a while,and if you've made it clear how important writing is to you, both fanfiction and original fiction, I don't think there's anything unreasonable about hoping for some feedback on articles or original fiction you post.


Have you considered joining an online writing group, there are several here at livejournal, geared toward original fiction? (You can probably find some via a quick search), there are forums, blogs etc; that you could join too.


* hugs *

I hope things work out eventually, and I'm sorry things are so frustrating for you right now.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm kind of in the same boat, anon. Except most of my LJ friends are my RL friends. I can understand fandom friends maybe not wanting to read about RL stuff, and I can understand RL people not wanting to read their friends' fic (especially if they're not fic-readers and are of the opinion that ALL FANFIC = PORN and they don't want to read the porn of someone they know). But after awhile when you look at your LJ page and realize fandom entries or RL entries or fic entries, and not an entry has a comment, it kind of gets to you after awhile. I don't really have any helpful advice to offer, just that you're not alone.

[frostoria.livejournal.com]

And this is why I'm afraid to post anything not related to my scanlations on my journal, not even random chitchat fandom posts.

OP, I don't think you're attention-whoring if what you really want is to improve your writing, and for your friends to support you like you supported them. Though if you really want feedback on your fics, maybe you need to ask for concrit.

[xenafox.livejournal.com]

I feel that way too sometimes. Sometimes I wish someone I've met would just show even the vaguest interest, otherwise I start feeling like they don't even care if I talk to them. It's weird.

[megalomaniageek.livejournal.com]

I read my friends' RL entries and try to comment but sometimes I just have nothing to say. If all we've done is talk about how we like the same TV show, then you talk about how your dog died or something...um, I'm probably just gonna lurk. It's hard enough to console somebody I know well in the right way.
As for the original fiction, maybe it's just not of interest to them? You can make a post requesting feedback and link to your original fiction if nobody's getting the hint.