Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-10319977-20151014231140/@comment-27012445-20151016165907

Although it is neither here or there, this back and forth is somewhat interesting, if not somewhat understandable. Any of us who publicize our works opens ourselves up to criticism. Receiving criticism in any form is difficult, not only to hear but to accept. Considering that some of us are in fact exposing parts of ourselves in those writings and hearing that the initial vision the author saw needs to be changed or in some cases the vision itself doesn’t capture the reader like it did for the author and needs to be abandoned can be devastating. My very first attempt at anything public was quite recently when I tried my hand at an SCP profile. It was reviewed very quickly. The reviewer said it was uninspiring and I had pulled off something that he thought could never have been accomplished- I made the apocalypse sound boring. I said thank you for his feedback then I cried a little (just kidding, but no really).

While it is admirable to stand up and fight for what you believe in and something your truly support, there are some powerful lessons to be learned here other than writing skills and grammar. I find that the forums are best used to solicit feedback and not used as an arena to convince others to like the stories.