K'yo, guys! :) It's your boy! Thought I'd take this time to give you gives another update.
Getting back into writing has been really hard lately. I dunno why exactly. I sit at my PC on Google Docs to type, but I instantly feel... tired. Like I don't have any drive to write like I used to. Plus, IRL shit.
But don't worry. I'm not gonna abandon you guys. I said I was going to finish True Protector and start the Shots Through The Heart sequel and that's what I'm gonna do. Sorry and, if you stick around, thanks.
Now, I wanna take this time to make my own personal statement. This is to all the current Fanfic authors and readers thinking about starting online Fanfic writing.
If you go through with doing this, you are SO brave. Maybe you're a writer who's skills have been genuinely praised by family, teachers, friends, etc. Maybe you're a total novice who wants to see if you have a hidden talent for this. Regardless, willingly stepping into this space (fanfiction websites in general, not just here) as a writer takes a lot of guts. The first step of the journey is always the hardest to take, so naturally the first chapter of your first work is always hardest to post. There are a lot of people on the web who will love your work and encourage you to keep going. But at the same time, there are people who will openly berate you, say your work is awful, and try to to tear you down. That's just the world we live in. But whatever happens, please don't give up!
Whether people say you're amazing or you suck, never stop trying to improve. Use the positive and negative comments to drive you onward to getting better. Whichever side the majority is on, use those comments to assess yourself and hone your skills.
Here's one thing you definitely shouldn't do though: If there is a time where everyone seems to love your work, but one person comes along and starts badmouthing you, not liking your story, but going on reading just so they can berate you even more, GIVE THEM THE HAND. They're just a black spot of oil in a big sea of clear water. No on can ever appease the entire world, so if a humongous batch of readers praise one of your tales to high heaven, be proud of yourself and don't let one or two people stop you.
I know this is kinda outta the blue, but... I actually had a problem with recently (by the time this post.) The next part is gonna be me calling out that person (which is something I've never done before), so it's about to get ugly. If you don't like drama, you can stop reading right now.
Dear linkjames24,
3 things:
1) Thank you SO much for reading my story, "P5: Shots Through The Heart". ;)
2) Me bad at action scenes: YOU'RE RIGHT. And I am aware of this. Still, the fights I wrote about in detail felt too important to just blow off, so I went for it. I realize they are bad and I humbly apologize for that.
And 3) Let me get something straight.
Fanfiction is a genre that allow authors to whatever types of stories they want about certain media they want (Realitiy shows, IRL celebrity drama, cartoons, anime, video games, etc.). Whether they build upon certain aspects of original stories or ignore the original all together and create something new, the authors have the power to do WHATEVER THEY WANT in their stories. They want the original to take place in a different place? Okay. They want to change the personalities of certain characters? Awesome. They want to do a crossover stories a bunch of different universes? GO BANANAS! YOUR story, YOUR rules! That's what every fanfic writer knows.
Yet from what I read (correct me if I'm wrong)... you sir seem to have this really big issue that I changed Akira's character. Like, he's calm and collected IN THE GAME, but I turned him into this shy weirdo who swears and can turn into a complete badass IN MY STORY. Something that I'm allowed to do cuz it's a FANFIC piece. Oh. And I took a brief look at your profile. I couldn't help but notice the 2 crossover stories in your stock of 14. 14 that I'm pretty sure you're aware that you could do whatever you want with and did so.
To sum up... You're trash talking my story and my skills as a writer because I did something that I'm ALLOWED TO DO?
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CONGRATULATIONS! You've earned a very special, limited edition Owen Wilson "Wow"! For what, you ask? For being really retarded, really jelly, or even BOTH!
YOU pull the SAME SHIT with YOUR stories (which might be good, I'm not gonna bother to read them), but you have the gaul to chew ME out cuz I'M doing it? Tell me. If my story is such trash, why is it as popular as it is, doing NEARLY FOUR TIMES BETTER than anyone of YOURS? Because people LOVE my story! It's super popular among the JokerxAnn fanbase and even some people who are into other ships love it and have second doubts when they read it! None of them have ever had problems with how I did Akira's character cuz they love what I did.
Yet, look at you. Whining that my Akira is OOC from the one in the game. He doesn't have to be the same in the fanfic since I can do what I want in my story, so WHO THE FUCK CARES?! Apparently, YOU. A close minded, whiny, disgraceful, disrespectful, hypocritical ASSFUCKER who wastes his time hating on a well-written story, which gets tons of awesome reception, and reading it just so you can continuously rail on it! Like I said, I don't usually call out people, but you insulted my work for such a DUMBASS reason, so you left me no choice.
Keep in mind, if you hate the way I write, I don't care. Your opinion is YOUR opinion. This only happened cuz you started being a little BITCH about it.
You called me damn child in one of your reviews... but who's the REAL child here? Obviously, it's YOU. Cuz I'm the adult that had to chew your STUPID ass out. You wanna bark back? You'll be barking at the hand.
Peace.