Mogwai 15,203 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Like it can be fanfic or maybe old attempts at a novel... or an actual work you've published. Or old essays. Or blogs. I've left a trail of mediocre fanfic on the internet I will probably never acknowledge as mine At least like one or two of them probably has/have been obliterated forever when the forum it was posted on shut down. Good. Then again it's probably in some internet graveyard somewhere. Another one was posted in another forum and I don't care to look for it again. I still get kudos on AO3 for this one fic I've written and I honestly don't understand because... it's not good... but I appreciate getting them lol What about you guys? Any embarrassing stories? Anything you wish you'd written differently? Do you sometimes feel like going back in the past and stopping your younger self from writing something? Share with the class Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ha:tfelt 67 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 bye yes like whatever I was reading at the time (angsty salinger s/t) always affected the way I wrote.. yikes I've thrown away alll of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OREKI 213 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Nope. When I read my old stuff I always get goosebumps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alwaysaJYPstan 3,656 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 When I look back at my Facebook moments with my friend..............................I wonder why I wrote comments/wrote statuses like that LOL.......regrets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mogwai 15,203 Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 bye yes like whatever I was reading at the time (angsty sallinger s/t) always affected the way I wrote.. yikes I've thrown away alll of it JD Salinger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Phoenix 105 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Oh, of course. That's how you know you have grown as a writer. If you keep growing it will keep happening - but you should level off to mild embarrassment after a few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mogwai 15,203 Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 Nope. When I read my old stuff I always get goosebumps. Goosebumps in a good or bad way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ddeona Oneul Bame 61,631 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Yeh, seeing as I wrote my first ones when I was like 13~ They weren't sht, tho, just could have been better~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dante. 7,795 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 YES... i even cringe at shit im writing now lmao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mogwai 15,203 Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 Oh, of course. That's how you know you have grown as a writer. If you keep growing it will keep happening - but you should level off to mild embarrassment after a few years. I thought I remember reading someone on OH saying they're a writer. Was it you? Unless I made that one up. It's been more a few years since I first started writing and yeah I mostly laugh them off and facepalm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ha:tfelt 67 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 JD Salinger? Yes that guy.. I still believe he's good but ew I took him too seriously as a kid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snsdreceipts 10,693 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 My old facebook statuses My old anime fanfics too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miaissocoollike 1,248 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 YES! #NEVERAGAIN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterbender 230 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 I'm not really a writer but I do enjoy it and used to when I was younger. And yep, all of my stories need to go to hell. I feel sorry for all the high-school English teachers that have to read through tons of emo stories lol. I wouldn't say they were terrible but just super angsty and depressing. And usually 3x longer than required because I'm extra that way. My last story got praise from my teacher after class so I guess they were ~moving~ but looking back, also cringe-inducing. I wouldn't go back and change it though - they were critical steps in becoming a better writer and working through stuff. I think they were creative. With that being said, I'd never in a million years let anyone I know read them. Ever. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Phoenix 105 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 I thought I remember reading someone on OH saying they're a writer. Was it you? Well, not for money. I write code for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VICI 2,051 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 yes!!! i went through this phase of writing fake deep garbage and i even wrote like that for one of my assignments. now when i think about it i feel so embarrassed and pity my teacher for having to spend time reading that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
✪fancy✪ 371 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 my old essays are actually pretty great my old fiction and poems and such...yikes @ some of those i'm learning to write like myself rather than someone else who i think is good. i think looking at my old stuff is good for seeing my progress and remembering who i was when i wrote that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8ternity 302 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 I had some fanfics in baidu But I think it's fortunate that I can't remember how to find them anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taebb 1,624 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 i always like my old stuff better than my newer stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocumentaLy 6,033 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 I think everything I've written is amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mogwai 15,203 Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 i always like my old stuff better than my newer stuff. Oh that's different. But hey at least you do have stuff you've written that you do like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowflakes 279 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Yes. Sometimes I cringed and thought 'People, forgive my old comments or essays or story. It's all too cheesy'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spampsamspam 53 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Yes, my first fanfics had no logic and were unrealistic af Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sakurahanabira 6,634 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 I've deleted all my cringeworthy fanfictions from when I was in high school. And I tend to throw away old writing assignments after I'm done with a writing/English class anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♩ ♪ ♫ ♬ 730 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 my old stuff when i was like 14 was actually fun.. my imagination was good then, could come up with events after events. i even drew some chibi manga, was never meant to be serious. my friends read it. the things i wrote in the years after were all forced and cringey though, but at least they're all anonymous on the net. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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