[ SECRET POST #2468 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2468 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Hi Anon,

Two writing sites were highly recommended to me as being free and providing good feedback. On one of them, you must review another story before you can post a story, so it keeps up a cycle of people actually reading things. Leaving a lame review is extremely discouraged.

I haven't made a lot of use of them yet - I'm dealing with huge bullshit irl, but here are the urls:

http://www.writing.com

http://www.writerscafe.org/

Also, please ignore a large portion of the people who have replied to you, because everything they say basically boils down to whining, "But I only waaaaaant to read pooooooorn! I shouldn't haaaaaave to look at anything without poooooooorn!"

They are fucking assholes and shouldn't have even opened their goddamned mouths because all they want to do is justification whining about how your fandom friends are "right" and you are "wrong" for wanting support and people to share your work with.

You're not wrong. How many books have you read that had a forward or an afterward talking about how it would have never gotten done without the support and encouragement of x, y, and z? And these are big name, well paid authors.

Further, you DESERVE a supportive environment. I hope you can find one via these websites or ones other people have mentioned. You can also check Craigslist for writing groups in your area. And taking writing classes is always a good way to meet other writers, and you'll improve your craft at the same time.

Good luck, and please believe in yourself.

[(Anonymous)]

This. THIS. *THIS*!!!

[(Anonymous)]

I don't see anything about anyone wanting to only read porn.

Let's be honest. It's fandom. A lot of people read fic. A lot of this fic is PORN. If someone stops writing PWP and wants people to read original fic with no sex, it's not the end of the world for either the reader or the writer to not like it. The writer isn't providing what the audience wants, so the audience has every right to not read the original stories.

JK Rowling's Harry Potter series is well-loved. A lot of her audience didn't read Casual Vacancy, because, well, it wasn't Harry Potter. This isn't shocking, either.

I don't read a friend's original stories, though I find they're well-written. It's just not the genre I enjoy. I don't read published books if they're not the genres I enjoy, either. (I'm never going to read a book like Girl With the Dragon Tattoo ever again.) It takes time from my life to read. If I don't enjoy the work, I'm going to put the book down. Maybe another poster is right. Maybe OP's work sucks. Maybe it doesn't. No one is obligated to read another person's work.

There are plenty of groups in fandom that are aimed at former fic writers writing original fiction. I suggest OP seek them out.