User blog comment:Princess Callie/Why you shouldn't feel bad about criticism/@comment-25385235-20140904171139

I fully and whole heartedly agree with this. As long as the criticism isn't people trying to be mean, then there's nothing wrong with someone telling you that your story is awful. And by being mean, I mean that they're just sitting there telling you that your story sucks, you should stop writing, and that it gave them cancer. It's actually pretty easy to tell the difference between the two, even though it still stings when you get told everything is bad or find that your creepypasta was deleted.

If you can't take the criticism, then don't put your stuff out for people to read it and don't go to a forum expecting nothing but butt pats. Simple as that. That's what I did: I wrote a story (which was terrible) and it got deleted. I thought about asking around in one of the forums for advice but realized I didn't want to get criticism... which is the exact moment I realized that no, I really DIDN'T want to write anything- I'd rather read other people's works.