Board Thread:Writer's Showcase/@comment-4665292-20180608193616/@comment-5733573-20180620162825

VerminGoat wrote: I took some time to think about your criticisms, and although I still don't really see it as being too ambiguous, I get why it might feel that way to readers. Maybe I should've expanded it with more concrete stuff, but I consider it finished so I won't; if it's deleted, I won't complain (although I will feel sad that I probably won't be allowed to post it elsewhere thanks to the Creative Commons licence).

As for the acrostic (I didn't know it was called that, thanks Bloody), it should be obvious that it wasn't meant as a "clever" thing. I mean, the fact that presumably literal thirteen-year-olds have used it so much that it's apparently become disliked pretty much means it can't be clever. I also already mentioned that it was simply an exercise in restrictive writing. Since I'm a fairly slow writer, I figured I'd do it with an actual story instead of just some random paragraphs that I'd never post anywhere.

Maybe I should stick to weird body horror with graphic descriptions of stuff rather than trying to write anything atmospheric and vague since I'm clearly not yet able to pull the latter off well enough, but I'll keep trying anyway. Sorry for my ass behaviour. Thanks for the apology, but you haven't hurt anyone, I don't think. My point was only that  humility is important when you choose to embark on any artistic journey. There is always something to learn, and there will always be someone to learn from. It's extremely important to be open to that, and to understand that your art is a living thing that should be allowed to grow and change.

I believe you still have full control over where you post your story, since it is yours after all. You haven't sold it to the wiki or anything, so you still retain the full rights to it.

You should write what you want to write. Write what will make you happy. It's when you put that writing out into the world that you invite the criticism of others. Know that this is what you're accepting when you post a story here or anywhere else. I hope this conversation as a whole was helpful.