Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-2240864-20131019004911/@comment-10950063-20131019231858

Totally me245 wrote: Well what if I want to hide from criticisms Then why are you writing stories?

I'm not trying to be mean, but it's something you need to think about. Even if you only write because it's fun, If you enjoy writing you should want to become better at it. The primary way of doing that is to get feedback. The chance you'll get made fun of on this site isn't that big. The majority of users at least try for constructive criticism.

If you think your stories are bad, then make them better. It's not milk, it won't spoil if you leave it on the shelf for a little while. Get your grammar straight, think about the plot and logic, read it out loud make sure you have your flow down, fiddle with word choice and sentence structure. Taking your stories somewhere safe won't make a bad story good, that's in your hands.

I understand being nervous about putting your work out there, but it doesn't help you.