Board Thread:Writer's Showcase/@comment-4665292-20180608193616/@comment-5733573-20180612154607

VerminGoat wrote: Jdeschene wrote:

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, So if I hadn't mentioned it, most likely no one would have noticed, and no one would care. But because I did, I now have no way to keep the story from being deleted without having to make changes to it that I don't want to make. Great. I didn't say that either. It's not certain your story will be deleted, but you might find yourself marked for review (though not by me, I can assure you). You should have just not said anything.

I don't want to sound lectury, but you seem just a tiny bit too prideful. First, you draw attention to the initials trick because you want everyone to notice that you did a "clever" thing, then you insist that your story is fine the way it is when faced with criticism, and finally you're holding on so tightly to something that ultimately isn't contributing to your story's overall goal. If you're trying to improve and grow as a writer, you're going to need to keep that mindset in check and open yourself to criticism and changes.