[ SECRET POST #2334 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2334 ⌋

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


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[Jesus Christ Superstar]


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[Torvill and Dean]


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[Conan O'Brien]


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11. http://i.imgur.com/eBIFfE1.jpg
[linked for gore, video game]


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12. [SPOILERS for Resident Evil, Gears of War, Red Dead Redemption, The Walking Dead and Jonah Hex]



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13. [SPOILERS for Iron Man 3]



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14. [WARNING for suicide]

[Hetalia]


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Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 1- broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 2 - posted twice ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
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Comments

[lyndis]

I think seasoned writers are more aware of their own flaws and weaknesses than they want to admit in public. For example, I write things that are too emotional, I write in circles in chaptered 'fics because my memory is so terrible I literally cannot remember what I just wrote a single day ago, and re-reading your own shit over and over sucks ass, there are certain characters I've written OOC and thought they were IC at the time (HAHAH oops), there are characters I don't even try to write because I know I don't have the ability, I can't write battle scenes, writing two people of the same gender in a scene is hard for me, but three+ is worse because it feels clunky.

Etc etc believe me, there's more.

I think it's hard to go out in public and admit these things, though, because some people will be like OH YOU ARE BEING TOO HARD ON YOURSELF!!! NO YOU'RE PERFECT AS YOU ARE!! KEEP WRITING!

It really depends on the fandom though. When I admit those things it's not for pity/praise/encouragement, it's just me stating a fact because these are things I'm actively working on conquering.

I've been writing a while, though, so there's that. People who've just started writing in the last couple of years might not have reached that point yet, either where they realize their flaws, or a step further, they can admit them.

[comma_chameleon]

I abuse commas. Like, voraciously. I can't seem to help it! I also have circle-writing problems too! *sympathizes* Except my memory is sometimes so bad that I've forgotten the beginning of the sentence by the time I get to the end.

It's honestly why I reread from the beginning almost every time before I continue writing something. And I ctrl+F certain words that I know I tend to overuse (like 'almost') so that I can check how many times I've used it, and change the wording to fix it.

[lyndis]

Your username is the best. I love Karma Chameleon so it's even more awesome to see for me! :D

I am also, sigh, a comma abuser. As soon as I figured out where commas actually went in a sentence, I went to town. I also (unsurprisingly) have a loving relationship with Mr. Oxford Comma.

I try to reread but I rarely write chaptered anythings (because I'm so bad) and I get more discouraged the more I read my own stuff. I think about how much MORE I have to write, and eventually I decide I don't care anymore because I've already written the story in my head--why would I need to finish it on paper?

I proofread a lot for phrases like, "a little." I have caught myself using it two or three times in one sentence! Ouch! (Mostly in RP but when I edit those to turn them into fanfiction, it's so obvious that it burns.)

Also, I sympathize on the sentence thing, too, because I'm the same way. I will reread stuff I've written and say, "Wait, that doesn't even make sense. What was I even doing when I wrote this, because...it was like I changed thoughts right in the middle of a sentence."

Or worse, switched words, phrases, typed whole phrases in reverse order of the way they're actually said, et cetera. It's like my mind just thinks, "Once upon a time..." but my hands are too stupid to START with "Once"--they jump to "time." And then my brain is like, "BITCH YOU FORGOT THE REST OF THAT," and my hands are like, "OH OKAY LET'S ADD THEM ON THE END, IT'S THE SAME THING RIGHT?!"

And for some reason I don't notice this until I proofread.

My last chaptered 'fic I had a character answer a question with "Yes," instead of "No" and that threw...everything off. A friend reviewed and was like, "Uh, you meant...no, right? Or this doesn't make sense."