lovecraft68
Bad Doggie
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- Jul 13, 2009
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Last night I received a e-mail through lit feedback on my first story here. It said the premise was fun and the action was pretty good, but my grammar was god awful.
I cannot disagree. If you went to that story you would see a couple of public comments telling me how bad the grammar is as well.
But it got me thinking that although I still get the occasional "you could use a proof reader" my work now is leaps and bounds better than what it was.
Several times I have thought about pulling the story and submitting a much better version. But I decided not to as it is a "where I came from" reminder.
So would like for people to post what their first story was here and how they think they have improved since and what they've learned from their time on lit and if there was a particular person you would like to acknowledge that may have helped along the way.
My first story is Almost Perfect(Ironically titled for how poorly it is written! and I admit the trolls were disappointing in not making a crack about it) it debuted 5/13/10 in the BDSM category.
In the three years since my grammar has improved greatly as has my story telling ability in general. Lit was also the first in a series of steps that got me the confidence to start publishing.
Lit also was a platform for me to post my "baby" Siblings with Benefits" that I had started writing all along thinking no one would read this because where the hell could I put it. Then someone told me of lit and its huge incest category.
On a downside I learned about trolls and the sad sad people who will drop bombs and make nasty remarks just to get off on it as well as screw with contests because they can. Having no prior "chat or social media" experience I was surprised by it, but now it seems like every day life.
I've had a few editors none of which are here anymore. The one that helped me the most I feel was Sydney Blake who edited the last 4 chapters of SWB and was able to get me out of some bad habits with encouraging remarks like "Keep making the same goddamn mistakes and I am done with you"
Also got a lot of support from some friends here. Three that I would like to call out are
1sickbastard(you ever going to finish your damn series?)
and lits hottest couple Litfan10 and Slave_
I consider myself lucky to know them and litfan10 should consider himself lucky I am not single or he might have found himself alone
The last thing I learned from drifting around these forums is no matter how twisted you think you are? There is someone far sicker than you
I cannot disagree. If you went to that story you would see a couple of public comments telling me how bad the grammar is as well.
But it got me thinking that although I still get the occasional "you could use a proof reader" my work now is leaps and bounds better than what it was.
Several times I have thought about pulling the story and submitting a much better version. But I decided not to as it is a "where I came from" reminder.
So would like for people to post what their first story was here and how they think they have improved since and what they've learned from their time on lit and if there was a particular person you would like to acknowledge that may have helped along the way.
My first story is Almost Perfect(Ironically titled for how poorly it is written! and I admit the trolls were disappointing in not making a crack about it) it debuted 5/13/10 in the BDSM category.
In the three years since my grammar has improved greatly as has my story telling ability in general. Lit was also the first in a series of steps that got me the confidence to start publishing.
Lit also was a platform for me to post my "baby" Siblings with Benefits" that I had started writing all along thinking no one would read this because where the hell could I put it. Then someone told me of lit and its huge incest category.
On a downside I learned about trolls and the sad sad people who will drop bombs and make nasty remarks just to get off on it as well as screw with contests because they can. Having no prior "chat or social media" experience I was surprised by it, but now it seems like every day life.
I've had a few editors none of which are here anymore. The one that helped me the most I feel was Sydney Blake who edited the last 4 chapters of SWB and was able to get me out of some bad habits with encouraging remarks like "Keep making the same goddamn mistakes and I am done with you"
Also got a lot of support from some friends here. Three that I would like to call out are
1sickbastard(you ever going to finish your damn series?)
and lits hottest couple Litfan10 and Slave_
I consider myself lucky to know them and litfan10 should consider himself lucky I am not single or he might have found himself alone
The last thing I learned from drifting around these forums is no matter how twisted you think you are? There is someone far sicker than you
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