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Originally Posted by MLE
Meatman: just make sure people know that you don't think you're a budding shakespeare, and that you just write because you enjoy what you write, and you won't sound like the artificer.
what made you sound just like the artificer, was the "advertising" comment. it sounds like you think you can make a living as it is with your writing, but i hate to break it to you: your writing is not of publishing caliber. you probably have friend who enjoy reading it, and that's who you should write for.
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Here's the thing:
If you people actually went there, you would see the intro:
"This is a site for budding fanfiction writers,
such as myself, to place their works where everyone can see them." I do not in any way think I am Shakespeare. I know I suck. I only started writing last month. I know for a FACT that this material isn't worth publishing. I write solely to share it with others, as well as get in some writing practice for my college English course, which is a Gordon Rule course, meaning I have to write at least 6,000 words in essays with topics of the instructor's choosing. This is, besides a way to entertain others, an excellent way to learn how to captivate an audience.
As for the 'advertising' comment, it is also true that I am currently conducting a membership drive, because otherwise no one would join. Chojin, by sharing the first two paragraphs of one of my stories, is, besides giving you people another way to mock me, actually doing me a favor by getting the message out that my site exists - far better than I was able to, in fact. And so, I truely thank him for doing me a bigger favor than most anyone wouldn't do, even friends. And here's how:
Chojin, despite the fact you want to embarass me to the point where I will leave the boards forever, you are in fact doing me a service of immesurable value, and for this, I thank you.
No sarcasm, no bitterness, no cynicism. Just pure, honest gratitude.
Mock me if you wish, but this is how I feel. Besides, given my social status in middle school, as well as most of high school, I've grown used to the prodding and poking that occured on a daily basis. There is nothing that you could possibly say to me or about my work that will result in me retailiating. I'm not even going to remove you from the group. In fact, I'm considering PAYING you to do this. After all, don't most people pay to have something advertised?