Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-24099415-20131117113314/@comment-24099415-20131117130254

ImGonnaBeThatGuy wrote: Here's the thing, man, you might think you're story is great, but your opinion isn't the only one that matters. This site has quality standards and users aren't allowed to police the quality of their own stories because of logic.

I just read one of your stories, even tried to fix it up a little. It will still probably be removed for two reasons. First, you're acting like a ten-year-old about this. More importantly, it's not very good.

Literally every single sentence was a huge run-on. The plot was almost non-existent (kids enter a weird house). The descriptions were more like bullet points ("We had hallucinations of the universe being devoured by darkness." "We saw a huge skeleton. It looked like a squid, it had an eye socket, horns and claws."). This is a huge problem, because it's not building any tension or creating any images. There's no flow to the story, something happens and another thing happens and they don't feel connected. You put a paragraph break after almost every sentence. The part with the police officer is just silly. A cop wouldn't tell a bunch of children that their grandfather was dead like that. It's too harsh. And the ending has no impact because we aren't invested in any of the characters or in what appened.

I know you disagree. That's fine, but you have to ask yourself if you enjoy writing. If you do, then you need to stop whining and learn how to take criticism. You'll never become a better writer if you can't accept that you need improvement. it really happened -_- i cant just change the plot! Its written down in my nightmare journal from my scariest memories, i mean i was 10 at the time I wasn't a grammar god!