How many Author write a story and then don't like it themselves.

[bob03567]

I was wondering if I'm the only person that has done this.

Come up with a story. Spend hours developing the story and writing it. Only to find out that in the end you think it sucks.

So far I've had this happen to 3 stories I've writtien.

Once I finished them. I read it a couple days later to only find out I think it's as boring as hell.

The last one I did I'm really ticked off at. I don't even want to tell you how many chapters it is. It began good and now what a peice of crap!

I was going to see if I can save it by revamping things, but as of right now I'm just so pissed I don't want to look at it. I want to scream!!! AHHH!

So I guess I'm just asking is this a common thing with writing.

 

[lovecraft68]

I was wondering if I'm the only person that has done this.

Come up with a story. Spend hours developing the story and writing it. Only to find out that in the end you think it sucks.

So far I've had this happen to 3 stories I've writtien.

Once I finished them. I read it a couple days later to only find out I think it's as boring as hell.

The last one I did I'm really ticked off at. I don't even want to tell you how many chapters it is. It began good and now what a peice of crap!

I was going to see if I can save it by revamping things, but as of right now I'm just so pissed I don't want to look at it. I want to scream!!! AHHH!

So I guess I'm just asking is this a common thing with writing.

My second story fits that. It is a one page foot fetish thing that I put up just to see what it would do. It has a decent score (over 4.6) but since then I have made a name for myself in the realm of hardcore BDSM sex and incest and this thing just seems so....silly

 

[Tastytooter]

Oh yes, constantly

This is true of just about anything I've ever written. Don't let it frustrate you, though - keep plugging away until you end up with something you aren't completely ashamed to have created (I say "completely" because I assume we're all at least a little bit ashamed of what we're doing creatively, or else I don't think you're doing it right). Getting through that "trash it all" phase is a big challenge, but you'll figure it out.
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[HeyAll]

It's happened to me before. I was about half way in writing a story for the Halloween contest, then I realized that the story itself isn't as hot as the idea itself, so I stopped writing it because the fun wasn't there anymore.

When that happens, there's no point in throwing the whole thing away, so I just take the best part(s) and use them for other stories.

 

[Darkniciad]

I've got a whole folder called "half-baked" that is full of nothing but aborted stories. Some are just starts, but some are complete, only lacking my willingness to post them because I think they're crap

I go through it when I'm sitting with no really good ideas, and I've pulled three or four out of the half-baked recycle bin to turn into successful stories. Many more have had good scenes cut out to be recycled into new works.

 

[oggbashan]

I have several hundred part-completed stories that come under the category of stories that didn't work.

Some are very short, under 750 words, but most are several thousand words.

Sometimes a massive rethink and extensive edit will salvage one or two, but most get reviewed once or twice a year and left in the heap.

 

[sr71plt]

I have stories I don't like as well as others (and often am surprised that the Lit. voters like them better than what I think are better stories), but nearly every one I'm hesitant about finishing turns out better than I expected it to.

 

[nakdsub]

If I don't like it, I don't post it.

I actually have several stoies I wrote a while back. I've read them through and don't like them so I don't post them.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Several, but other people seem to like them. Go figure.

 

[Darkniciad]

Several, but other people seem to like them. Go figure.

*laugh* I've had a couple that I thought were barely acceptable that went through the roof when they posted.

I look back on them now, and I still think they're barely acceptable, but it's hard to argue with the reader response.

 

[estragon]

It cuts both ways. I've had some I thought were junk but posted anyway; didn't get great reviews, but not terrible either. Some I thought were really good, and didn't get even poor reviews. In the end, you either give up entirely or just keep going, because you have to.

 

[Feotakahari]

I actually dislike one of the only two stories I've managed to get a Hot rating for. (It's part 3 of what will eventually become a longer series, so when I return to it, I intend to rewrite it and improve it. Hopefully, I won't just make it worse . . .)