[ SECRET POST #1963 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1963 ⌋

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

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12. [SPOILERS for ASOIAF]



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17. [TRIGGER WARNING for suicide]

[Oblivion]


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18. [TRIGGER WARNING for rape]

[Spartacus: Blood and Sand]


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19. [TRIGGER WARNING for abuse/rape? I think. better safe anyway]

[Rihanna, Man Down]


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20. [TRIGGER WARNING for abuse]



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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 000 secrets from Secret Submission Post #280.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 1 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I've had weird experiences like that as a reader, rec'g someone's story only to have the author pop up and say, "That's not what I would consider my best story."

Well, then rec a story you like, author, and stop telling me what to like. It's my opinion and I have a right to it.

Though I must say, it seems unnecessarily cruel to delete your story just because someone said it was their favorite. I want to feel compassion for your neurotic insecurity, but your reaction just seems so inappropriately vengeful that I'm struggling with it.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm with you, anon above.

OP, the flip-side to your self-doubt is a kind of arrogance in that you're saying that everybody who likes the fic you consider subpar has terrible taste. Try to think of it this way: if you post a story and somebody enjoys it, then the story has served a worthwhile purpose and deserves to continue to "live." Also, for many people the stories they love and want to re-read aren't exclusively the very best written stories. Sometimes a story that's objectively mediocre can hit home or get the reader's literal or metaphorical kinks just right. Who are you to tell a reader on what basis they should be judging your story?

If I recced a story and then it was promptly yanked from the internet I'd feel like I'd been smacked in the face.

[(Anonymous)]

OP:

I'm very sorry you see it that way.

Like I said, I love my readers and I really appreciate the feedback I get saying they love my stuff and I always make sure to thank them for it.

But the removal of my fic after seeing it on the rec list was a sort of blind panic reaction because I went a bit "HOLY SHIT" and freaked out because... I get uncomfortable even thinking I might have become a good writer and I don't know why and I hate feeling that way. I did actually sit back a few days after I deleted my fic and asked myself why I did that, and I don't actually really know why. It was just a... panic thing.

[(Anonymous)]

I really think you should go back and re post your story. The anon above is right. You have to let the readers have their opinion that they enjoy it. I really sympathise with you OP, I've had the same experience with writing I've done, where I've had good feedback but within a couple of days convinced myself it's shit. I've left it there, but what happens is that it takes me weeks or even months to build up the courage to write more.

I've noticed that on story finding communities often people ending up trying to find someone who has kept a copy of a story and ask it to be emailed to them, because authors do what you have and take fics down that people really like. I know it's their right to do so, but it seems a shame to do it when you say you like your readers and their feedback.