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I'm not that much of a writer but you wrote stuff. Sure it isn't the best, but you wrote it and made it yours through your own words and imagination. Writing in and of itself is a continuing process that never ends and it allows you to do whatever you want with it. No matter what you write...

Beta's are always cool with stuff. And you've got a good point about planning out a story and getting things in place because writing is a slog especially if you don't know what you're doing (happens to me a lot). Nice to know there are fellow writers on this board by the way.

Yeah, self-discipline is one thing all writers should practice whether in real books or fanfics. And having a beta or two does wonders for a story especially if it's the ambitious type.

Oh yeah...I forgot overly long clothing descriptions are also a thing in fanfic. Why can't writers use fewer sentences or better words? I know I'm probably asking much but still.

Oh, don't even remind me of the 1 million-plus word fics that don't even go anywhere. Ugh, I hate those kinds of fic because there's so many words but little payoff, conflict, or resolution to them. That, and your right about pacing being an issue because everybody has done a redux or remake of...

I've got a pet peeve and I don't know if it's common. But does anyone else hate it when the flow in a story is ruined because the fanfic writer goes overly detailed about what weapon the main character (or other characters) has/have? Because whenever that happens I usually drop a story and never...