The Process Forum - A Small Part,

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Originally Posted by LK (Post 770462)

Dear Prof Sai [Salutation to clarify who is the recipient],

Really, dude? *sigh* (And why quote me if I'm not supposed to reply?)

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Originally Posted by LK (Post 770462)

There are more appropriate places to develop your skills, like workshops and classes. Any other fucking place on the planet but a fetish forum. It would be like someone going to furries to be a writer, learning everything from furries, then all they can write is furry porn because that's all they learned how to write.

This is a really good point, actually. londox, even if you're genuinely in this because you like SW and you do take my advice (spend time improving your craft before you try to sell), this stuff shouldn't be the only thing you write, and this forum shouldn't be the only feedback you get.

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Originally Posted by LK (Post 770467)

By the way, the first stories I wrote up that you appeared to want to dig up and mock were under a different pen name in a completely different subculture. They were decently written, but, like most works, were about gratification of interest than a serious exercise in writing.

I did get some praise for the stuff, but were I to dive back in, I would pattern myself after works of mine like Discipline and Transmute: Gnome that are tight, focused, and about a singular scene or premise on superficial elements. I am a one-shot man.

Genuinely curious - who said something about digging up your old stuff? Or was this some other time?

And it's funny you mention this. It occurred to me earlier that the first SW story I ever wrote (at the tender age of 15) was honestly better than the one in this topic. (It's not very good by my standards now, of course...) Not trying to blow my own horn or be mean, but even back then I cared about trying to make my writing look good, and that really doesn't seem like the case here.

londox, I can understand the lack of polish if this was a first draft - but you know the thing about first drafts? Writers don't typically publish them.