Board Thread:Writer's Showcase/@comment-4665292-20180608193616/@comment-5733573-20180612150116

VerminGoat wrote: Jdeschene wrote:

You wanted praise. Well, who doesn't? I do consider myself a better writer than half of the people on this site (definitely nowhere near as good as you, though), but evidently that's not true... but shitting on what I wrote exactly for the reasons I wrote it is absurdly annoying. Like I said, people have different tastes and opinions. Yours aren't wrong, but neither are mine... I'm happy with the story, so why should I change it to be more to your liking just because you're a better writer than me? That's not what I'm arguing, but thank you for the compliment. I'm trying to help you, since things sometimes get marked for review and possibly for using cliches on here. To be specific, the one thing about your story that's clice is the first letter of reach paragraph. That's what I'm referring to at the moment. If that weren't a thing in your story, you'd have a better chance of it staying posted, regardless of whether I or any one person likes the rest of it. That's all.

And you can argue that it's absurd, and maybe it is, regardless of my personal opinion of that technique, but that's how things go sometimes.

I'm glad you're happy with the story, but it's important to note that when you post it here, or on any public forum, you should first abide by the rules of that forum, and second be aware that what you'll get is honest feedback, not just validation of your own feelings about your story.