Thanks for the words of encouragement, everyone. That you guys don't want me to quit really means a lot. I'd been thinking it over all day, and I guess it was pretty silly to get so down so quick, over nothing really. So I won't quit. I'll keep writing and sharing what I write; and I'll try to be more positive, and not jump to conclusions (or snowball into depression...).
I still had a lot of stories I wanted to write anyway, it would have been a shame to never start those.
So thanks again.
edit: so as not to double post. I wanted to address Sephie's message now that I'm in a better mood.
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Originally Posted by Sephie
Is waitressed a real word? Can't easily check on this phone w/out losing my comments.
Some minor typographical/grammatical errors. Will cover them when I get on a real computer.
I am left wanting more of a description of the storm, but I find rain storms erotic so you probably should ignore that.
Better flow than the first draft of the last story.
I like your writing style don't quit. You have a lot of potential, and more than a little skill already. Interacting with you in general has lead me to assume you are intelligent, and capable of learning. The differences between this and your last story is proof of your ability to improve
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Apparently "waitressed" is a real word according to a few sources. Spell check disagrees but it's not the boss of me.
v. simple past tense and past participle of waitress.
Another reason to not trust spell check, you found typos and spell check itself didn't. Though it did help with punctuation this time. I didn't have a spell check function in the program I wrote my previous stories in.
I'm glad you felt it flowed better than the last story, and I'm surprised it would since it was so spur of the moment. I basically poured it out of my head onto the keyboard. Maybe that's a better way to do it... hmm.. though time consuming.
I really am glad you liked it, and thanks for the kind words, it really does my mood wonders to hear you think I've improved already since the last story.