Today, I uploaded the first chapter of my best writing yet to a popular writing website. After ten minutes, I was thrilled to already see one review and five comments. Each comment was telling me to immediately delete the story because of how horrible it was. The rating was half a star. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, after spending weeks working on a song that meant a lot to me, I reluctantly posted it online. The "friend" who'd convinced me to post it, commented, "This is the worst shit I've ever heard." He got 30 likes, along with a barrage of agreeing, equally terrible comments. FML
Today, I had my teacher look over my essay before turning it in. He said it was extremely well-written, so I handed it in. When I got it back, the feedback he left said it was one of the worst essays he'd ever read. FML
Today, I uploaded my latest picture onto a photography website. It only got one comment, and even that was from someone advising me to never use the same hideous model ever again. It was a self-portrait. FML
Today, my teenage son gave me the completed manuscript of the novel he's been working on for 4 years. Surprised and excited that he showed so much dedication to something, I volunteered to read it. I'm only on page 16 and it's absolute drivel, with grammar that makes my eyes bleed. Only 281 pages to go. FML
Today, I realized that not only am I still an unpublished author, but I can't even get an FML posted after submitting several in the last year. FML
Today, I tried really hard for once on an assignment. I was told it was my worst work yet and that I may as well have turned nothing in at all. FML
Today, I accidentally posted an extensive, negative review of the gynecologist I visited earlier this week. I messed up and posted it from my work's customer service email, so now it looks like the large, well-known company I work for had a poor gynecological experience. FML
Today, my teacher read my story about a haunted house for a class assignment. She liked it very much and turned it in to the office to be sent into a state writing competition. An hour later, I was called to the office where the guidance counselor called my work "disturbing" and said I "need help". FML
Today, after turning in a paper that I worked really hard on, I got it back with a grade of 0. In the feedback section, my professor wrote: “In all my 37 years of teaching, this is by far the worst essay I have ever read.” FML
Today, I tried to write a bad review for the fast-food place at which I work part-time. My username made me anonymous, but I forgot to change my profile picture. Now my manager and coworkers won't even speak to me. FML
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hunny797 5
Delete this FML
Pleonasm 36
Did you do a fanfic of 50 Shades of Grey? Who am I kidding that would become a bestseller.
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Comments (154)
Murooj 6
Don't delete the story you worked hard on it
SphinxJinx 0
Ooh what site is this? I wanna read it and see if it is actually that bad xD
bubblybrooke 12
Unfortunately in this case, public perception does matter. If your audience doesn't like your writing, then that's a big factor for how successful you will be. However, that doesn't mean you can stop writing. The more you practice, the better you'll get. And it doesn't matter if you're god-awful at it if you enjoy it anyways. Best of luck!
FacePalmFail 9
FanFiction I take it? Oh wait, ratings...TWCS? Don't worry, all of them get really suck-y ratings and reviews the first time around.
darkmis1 18
Keep trying, OP. Practice makes perfect.
LeCielNousAide 7
There are a lot of reasons a story can be terrible -- not enough details, holes in the plot (a surprising amount of writers don't think through their plots.
BellaMarta 19
I wonder what would happen if you uploaded your worst piece of writing.
buddy51 23
OP, YDI for being (1/2) a star!!
missd420 16
I got that reference.
outoftown 27
I know it seems like it's a dark and stormy night now, OP, but remember that it's always darkest before the dawn. See? Bet your work was better than that! Keep writing.
chuckcloninger 12
So good to you but not so good to others? Someone here said to take the criticism and use the comments to build your craft. Good luck.