User blog comment:Astro-chan/RANT: They deleted my story/@comment-25052433-20150901201715

Not much to add here besides, take the advice, read the rules, ask for help, use the Writer's Workshop, and don't give up on something you love to do because of one speed bump.

Deletions happen. This isn't Deviantart, we are not trying to host everything, we want to host quality stories. Clearly your story had some flaws, enough to where it was decided to take it off the site. Now, you can be pissed, write angry blogs and blame the admins, or, you can prove everyone wrong, write a new story, clean up the errors that haunted your first one, and get something of quality published here.

No one is going to care if you have deleted works, no one is going to hold that against you or any future works you may produce. Guess what, I've had stories deleted, it happens. Blaming others will not fix the issue. If you believe you have a talent for writing, then again. Post it in the Workshop first, let the community help you get it right, so that you can see it published here without concern of deletion.

Remember, avoid the OC trap. No one wants another Jeff the Killer styled story here. Avoid catch phrases, hoodies, smiles...hell, just read Jeff the Killer and do the opposite of that.

Either way, we are all here to help, and anyone, admin or otherwise, will certainly assist you in your writing. But you have to reach out and ask for the help. If you just post your story, we're going to assume that what you publish is your best, because you clearly didn't feel the need to have it looked over first. However, if you go through the motions, you'll find that your stories stick and everyone wins.

Best of luck. Remember, this is a community, we all love to write, and we all love to help others hone their craft. The assistance is here, you just have to take the time to request it.

Keep writing, don't let one speedbump turn you away from what you want to do.