I wish to apologize in advance as this is not a chapter but my own personal rant
I wish to apologize in advance as this is not a chapter but my own personal rant. Review don't review it doesn't matter as I feel this needs to be said.
I have just finished reading the latest (and hopefully not the last) chapter one of the most original and character driven stories on this site by one of the few authors I truly admire who's going through a bit of a rough patch because of some idiot flamers.
As a writer who attracts his own flamers I tried to talk him out of giving up and can only hope that my message got through to him. The author's name is pudgypudge and the story's called The Melt. I would strongly recommend those of you not familiar with his work to please, for the sake of whichever deity you worship, to check both this and his other stories out. He is in my favorite authors list if you need a link.
His situation got me thinking about my own not too long ago and I wanted to take this time to apologize to all of you for allowing my own flamers to get the better of me. I know I said that I put the original version of this story on Hiatus because I lost interest and that it would be unfair to you all to continue. That was a load of crap and I can no longer stomach letting the lie stand. Here is the real reason I abandoned a story that continues to sand as my most popular work to date:
zangetsu
2008-06-10
ch 8, anon.
this is the worste story I have read so far. Everything you wrote is just wrong men first u don't have akatsuki in the story without them your story doesn't even sound right. Then there is naruto's personality he is happy and cheerful that is not how a puppet master is supposed to act if u want to know how they are supposed to act read the story of the who inspired u again and u will see clearly. I would like to go over your other problems but I have better things to do. Let others like froggy-slice write puppet story what you are doing is mocking his writing and others like him
That ladies and gentlemen is the actual review that hit me harder than any other flame I had received on this story and the real reason for my abandoning it. I am ashamed to admit that I allowed someone who didn't even have the courage of his own convictions to log-in so I could respond privately to his claims. It took me a long time to get over this but now being faced with something similar to a writer whose skills are, I'll be the first to admit, are far better than my own I find myself no longer able sit quietly by without addressing something that should have been addressed a long time ago and my response is this: GO FUCK YOURSELF……….
That response goes for all you flamers out there: Go Fuck Yourself…. We as writers put our hearts and souls on the line to bring our fans the stories that we enjoy writing and that hopefully you enjoy reading. It is hard enough taking the time out of our lives to sit at a computer and type up a new chapter and fill the screen with a hopefully compelling story. We love hearing from our fans and it their reviews and praise that often drives us to get through the next chapter in the story even when our personal lives makes such a desire almost none existent.
I fully admit that I personally am nervous and anxious after posting each chapter in my stories and often find myself fearing that no one even saw what I've posted only to get a major rush when I find 30-100 new messages in my inbox with Story Alerts, Favorite Story Alerts and especially Review Alerts. It is these that keeps us going and makes all of our hard work seem with it.
But it is idiots like zangetsu and the other anonymous flamers that can kill not only this joy and a good story but completely shred an author's already frail confidence. Well I'm sick of it and am letting you all know no that I'm no longer standing for it. So I say again to all flamers reading this: GO FUCK YOURSELF… because I'm done listening to you and after this rant I'm done even acknowledging you exist.
While I can not speak for any other author on this site I personally am finished writing just to please others and will now instead focus on writing the stories I enjoy writing and if you my fans enjoy them as well than all the better.
As much as I loved SerpentSannin's Puppet Master Naruto and enjoy reading some of the other stories in this genre this isn't them and will never be them and if you don't like it tough shit. I'm striving to write my own story and to set myself apart form the rest. I've had it with cookie cutter story-lines and generic concepts. I want my story to stand apart form the others and not be just another Puppet Master Naruto story but something truly original and all my own.
It is for that reason and that reason only that I'm rewriting it and as evident in the last couple of chapters making some major changes. While I'm keeping several things the same this is no longer going to be the same story it once was and I hope you can all live with that because I know I can.
While I'm at it I'm also going to address the issue of pairings once and for all. I don't care who you think Naruto should be paired with or what pairings you would like to see. As far as I'm concerned Naruto is a unique who will never get laid… LOL Just kidding… but it sounded good. No seriously I never plan a pairing when I write most of my stories and I'm not about to start now no matter what any of you may want me too.
Predetermined pairings in my opinion can kill a writer's creative flow unless they're writing a romance which I've only ever done twice, one of which I deleted do to lack of interest. Since this and most of my other stories aren't a romance I have no idea who if anyone Naruto will be paired with. I allow the story to decide which way it wants to go and like you I go with the flow. If one girl stands out then great if not that's cool too. I am not going to limit myself or my story by picking a girlfriend for Naruto and while I do appreciate the suggestions you all leave I'm not going to change my policy.
Now that that's over with I'll try and get working on the next chapter of the rewrite as well as a couple of my other stories so hopefully I can get them posted before too much longer. I thank you all for your time and understanding in bearing with me during my rant but as I said before all of this needed to come out so until next time...
Later
Raven
