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No big story behind it. For the past couple years I've been using places like this to post fan fiction. Decided to pull it all. Too many people monetizing it. Playing on both sides of the fence affords one a remarkably balanced perspective. Thanks for the cookie.

I was a writer. Now I'm just a reader.

Surreal conversation. Reviews, like every other succession of words, want to be read. Reviews are entitled to engage, entertain and regale readers. This one, while in some respects admittedly over the top by design, not only delivers for entertainment but also assuredly eclipses its subject...

Someone ought to write a book about the web novel movement's genesis. E-novels started before the Web, in TCP-IP bulletin boards and news servers. Havens for fan fiction and p@rn that would never pass editorial review and had no other outlet. Before places like this, there were the giant...

The length is perfect. Ensures that the writers won't read it. They beg, and beg, and beg. "Dearest darlingest reader, puhleeeeaaasssee tell me what you really think." But they don't want that. Not at all. It's the last thing they want.

This isn't a roast. It's rare and brutal honesty.

Some human experiences are universal. Birth. Death. Defecation. Among others. If you have to ask yourself how to describe such a scene, it most likely isn't necessary. Birth happens. Death happens. Shit happens. The reader knows this. What I mean is, if describing the birth scene...

That Mom, my teachers, and my besties told me the trash was good.

Oh, please. All this animus against "big corporate," I don't know where it comes from. Just a century ago, in the most developed countries on the planet, women married at 13 and had life expectancies of around 35. In most parts of the world, it is the same. Even today. Reminds of that scene...

Oh, there are many categories of harmless fan fiction. First there's the work that is sanctioned by the IP holders. Exceedingly rare, and the players almost always share some prior affinity, behind the scenes. Especially in the screenwriting professions. Totally incestuous; nepotism rules...

I've come to realize that I've been naive. For me, fan fiction creation is just a hobby. And to me a somewhat repugnant one, as I consider fan fiction theft and don't read it, myself. How strange, that contradiction. Too many people are monetizing it. I've encountered too much anger and...

Sure, that's a way of looking at it. Prose is more than just lines. It is bigger than that. Don't want to make this about me, but maybe this will help: when people offer to read three of my chapters and write me a review, I kindly tell them not to go to the trouble on my account. How the...

These lines aren't bad. There's some forced diction that is merely distracting. And your imagery is neglecting one or two senses. But good lines on the whole, a good start. That said, you're asking the wrong question. This isn't prose. These are lines. To be prose, it needs what comes...

I don't mind depictions of suicide in mainstream dramatic novels. Suicide really happens. Realistic portrayals of fictional events may sometimess require it, if the story demands it. And if the story is giving a realistic portrayal, it must inevitably contend with surrounding events and the...

Easier to do badly, then. It's exactly how kids tell stories. "I'm rolling down the hill, and I'm going faster and faster, and the brakes aren't working, and I'm like, oh no I'm gonna die." First person accounts are easier in the sense that it's the way we first learn to tell stories. It's...

First person is easier. Third person is more flexible and hard to do well. First person paints the writer into corners, particularly in long work. Third person is typically underutilized by new writers. Beginners think in terms of action and see the benefit of third person as allowing them...

If only Patreon would crack down on intellectual property theft, this whole back channel might be crippled and the legitimate publishing industry might experience a resurgence. But it won't happen. Theft likely accounts for 90%+ of their revenue. @RepresentingWrath I'm posting fan fiction...

My books are very long, and I won't ask any of you to read them. Romance isn't big here, and I know it. But the series (despite being fan fiction on its face) goes way beyond trite Twilight canon. It explores the interdependence of human and vampiric origins, the false allure of immortality...

@TinaMigarlo So yeah, I did come here! :) Yesterday. Four chapters up. I'll post a couple more chapters today. The book is complete. But I'm really not asking anyone to read it. I've only decided that I'm going to drop the book from R R the moment they let me back on the site. Which...

Thanks for the warning AnonJohn, lol! No worries, I never ask for reviews. My book got approved a little while ago, so it's up. I'll post a few chapters every couple days until it's all up on the site. But I'm not asking anyone to read it. A long non-smutty romance. I honestly don't...