[ SECRET POST #2419 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2419 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Way early because taking dog to the vet. :c

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 075 secrets from Secret Submission Post #346.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

Re: Mary Sue fic (vent/advice)

[(Anonymous)]

use a sockpuppet and make sure to make the writing style is completely different from your usual one?

Re: Mary Sue fic (vent/advice)

[(Anonymous)]

heck, even use a throw away email and proxy

Re: Mary Sue fic (vent/advice)

[dreemyweird]

I'd do this, yes. Maybe try to phrase it smoothly, but I think it's worth saying.

OP

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks for the suggestions. I'm definitely considering it. I'm just not sure I have the guts, and bad as her writing is, I really don't want to upset her.

anon from above

[(Anonymous)]

I normally would be all "meh, not worth it", but what really gets to me is that this writer apparently writes well and it suddenly went downhill out of nowhere?

What happened? Did something bad happen irl and now they're using their writing as hardcore escapism? A general disillusion from writing? Laziness? What??

OP

[(Anonymous)]

I think she got tired of her massive project, but it had such a large fanbase she didn't want to end it and settled for mediocre writing - as long as it was writing at all - hoping she'd get back into it as she went along. She did, and then fell a little too in love with her character and the central relationship; she then refused to see any of the flaws. Maybe something big happened in RL, I don't know, but it's like she got the passion back but not the ability?

Re: OP

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

IN that case... then, yeah, just leave her to it, I guess. she probably won't be receptive to concrit