Recent events · 8:51pm Mar 4th, 2013
I guess that I am becoming one of the more hate authors of fiction because of my recent additions to my story archive. I'm sorry you guys don't like them but I really have no idea how I should react to this. Maybe I'm not cut out for fanfics, I don't know. It is painstakingly clear that I need to spend at least double the time reading and re-reading my stories but I can not see what I am doing wrong. I am only in the 10th grade, I haven't mastered writing nor have I even come close to knowing all the grammar rules, and I realize that it hinders my writing, but I never expected it to be this bad. For the first time in a long time I have logged on here and tried to put a story out, my first one seemed to get a good response, but it became harder that I expected, more than I could handle, so I turned to some shorter stories to bridge the gap between the time I needed to think about what I was going to do and the actual posting of the chapter itself (if there is going to be one) and I ended up having one of the worst things happen to a writer in my opinion. It was implied that I didn't care about the stuff I was putting out. I don't know what to say to the dislikes and the rest of his comment, but one thing is certain. I DO care about what I put out here. I'm not one of the best, hell I would even say that I still am considered on of the worst fiction writers out there; but please, if you are going to review and comment on my story then don't tell me that I didn't give a damn about what I put out. I try, I try and try and my friends are telling me that the stories I write aren't bad, they tell me what I could do better and I try to fix that, but I can not get to everything. I don't know when I'll be posting another story, but I hope that it isn't going to get another comment like that. I'm sorry, I'm sorry that you guys didn't like my writing, but I just don't know what to do to fix it. I don't have anyone to prof the story for me, I don't have somebody to work with, I don't have the time to make everything perfect, all I have is me myself and I and unfortunately I am not a naturally great writer.
'Till next time
Jo
I think you're being targeted by trolls and over zealous assholes for your poor grammar. This of course isn't to say your stories are particularly good, but they probably aren't as bad as people make it out to be.
Beyond that just keep on trying to improve, listen to constructive criticism ect. I don't think you deserve any hate, you just want to improve ect. There is nothing wrong with that.
Aw. Sucks that you feel that way, but correct spelling and grammar is pretty important (just check out the "best" fanfictions on this site. They work hard at fixing errors and making their writing the best it can be.)
Errors in English just take the reader out of a story or make it hard to read, or maybe they won't read it in the first place (there's so much amazing fanfiction on this site, not many will "waste their time" reading something that's difficult to comprehend.)
And you know what? You shouldn't be ashamed of not getting it right away. Writing is a skill that takes time and effort, and it's something you'll constantly be learning. Even popular published authors say they still learn things. Like I said on your story, a proofreader and some writing guides are a really good place to start and it's not even just a start, it's moving forward, because you've already started by caring about it.
I wish you all the best. Be a great writer to shove it in the face of the haters.