That should say "if you can't take criticism..."

Sorry

For instance, I was recently told that my "Blue Creek" novel was boring.

Well, for that reader, it is.

So be it. I still like it, though. And so do about 4 other people.

Paolo wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2016 6:23 pm That should say "if you can't take criticism..."

Sorry

For instance, I was recently told that my "Blue Creek" novel was boring.

Well, for that reader, it is.

So be it. I still like it, though. And so do about 4 other people.

I'm one of those 4, waiting for the next episode!

It's like people's taste in movies, some like action others like drama. It's exactly the same with writing. The point is constructive advice is a good thing.

Helton12345, you wrote this: "

Helton12345 (imported) wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2016 4:54 pm As a new writer, I kinda fall into the category where I try accommodate what I think most readers want. Not trying to sound untruthful to my stories, I do find great enjoyment writing them [...] But I just can't seem to capture what I want to

'read' through my own writing without feeling like a weirdo."

I felt terrible when you said you would feel like a "weirdo" if you wrote what you really wanted and did not try to "accommodate" what you believe readers' "want."

Your stories are yours, and your feelings are yours. If you have a castration/penectomy scenario that you really want to tell, then tell it. Get it out! I think you'll feel better. This is the place to express the full breadth of the kind of imagination that the "rest of the world" would consider to be "deviant" or "weird." You won't get that kind of judgment here.

Good luck and have fun!

HorseRenoir1 (imported) wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2016 4:35 pm Helton12345, you wrote this: "

Helton12345 (imported) wrote: Mon Jan 11, 2016 4:54 pm As a new writer, I kinda fall into the category where I try accommodate what I think most readers want. Not trying to sound untruthful to my stories, I do find great enjoyment writing them [...

HorseRenoir1 (imported) wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2016 4:35 pm ] But I just can't seem to capture what I want to

'read' through my own writing without feeling like a weirdo."

I felt terrible when you said you would feel like a "weirdo" if you wrote what you really wanted and did not try to "accommodate" what you believe readers' "want."

Your stories are yours, and your feelings are yours. If you have a castration/penectomy scenario that you really want to tell, then tell it. Get it out! I think you'll feel better. This is the place to express the full breadth of the kind of imagination that the "rest of the world" would consider to be "deviant" or "weird." You won

't get that kind of judgment here.

Good luck and have fun!

Thank you for your kind words!

It's not that I don't have my own voice for my writings, but I do have some unreleased ones that I worry if I should submit them or not, like for an example I do want to read about forceful castration and penectomy, but I hold back on writing about them in that manner.

I shall be more adventurous and confident on my works from now on

Looking forward to reading some of your new "unfiltered" work, Helton.

...

Helton12345 (imported) wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2016 12:09 am but I do have some unreleased ones that I worry if I should submit them or not....:

D

I know that feeling.

Sometimes you come up with some stuff that scares even you!

Paolo wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2016 12:42 pm I know that feeling.

Sometimes you come up with some stuff that scares even you!

In the Batman soundtrack from 1989, Prince wrote a song called "Electric Chair," and this is the refrain:

"If a man is considered 'guilty' for what goes on in his mind,

"Then give me the electric chair for all my future crimes."

I know what it feels like to dream up castration/penectomy scenarios that scare the hell out of me. Until I discovered the Eunuch Archive, I never knew this was a part of me. Now I'm fairly bursting to express it, and I can't believe the things that occur to me.

Helton12345, that's why I'm so grateful I discovered this place and can share my thoughts with people who will understand them. I hope you'll decide, in time, to give full expression to your ideas. There's no rush ... and I don't believe anyone here will judge you badly for them. Again ... best of luck.

Yeah, well, just warn me in advance with summaries and tags if and when you send it in!

Probably nothing would surprise me, considering some of the dark stuff I've trashed in the past.

Paolo wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2016 5:45 pm Yeah, well, just warn me in advance with summaries and tags if and when you send it in!

Probably nothing would surprise me, considering some of the dark stuff I've trashed in the past.

I have no clue what those trashed stories were about, though I do feel some sympathy for the authors that wrote them. Tags and sufficient warnings should be enough to dissuade readers from continuing into a darker story. Within this thread, people have mentioned the mindset of the "rest of the world" toward this site's subject matter entirely and, personally, I don't feel as though we should be turning on each other for content matter. Granted, I am not staff, but I just feel as though an author's demons should be allowed to exorcise, and having your story junked because it was too dark or deviant seems to me to just make that author feel the guilt and shame about their ideas that a lot of our users no doubt feel from the majority of society for simply wanting something as simple as a safe, self, professional castration. Tags and a simple brief synopsis (since sometimes even tags such as EXTREME don't do enough justice) before the story begins that gives the readers ample warning whether or not to proceed would seem logical. I wouldn't trash or post the poor grammar stories either. Rather, I'd contact the author and ask them to proofread, spell check, or get a beta editor to go through it first and then resubmit. Paolo mentioned one time that suggestion didn't go over well, and, quite frankly, at that point it is on the author themselves. Still, we should all remember that some of our author's do not speak English as a native language, so there would be some leeway in my opinion. How much is up to the staff.