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Author Topic: Cringe Worthy  (Read 12021 times)

Sakabelle

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Cringe Worthy
« on: May 26, 2008, 12:55:02 PM »
Do you ever go back and read your old stories and cringe at just how bad they are?  Honestly, sometimes I do this and they really make me laugh.  I'm not saying I'm the best writer ever (not by any stretch of the imagination) but I can honestly say that I've improved quite a bit from a million chapters of... basically no plot and Nick being a complete heartbroken lovesick freak, lol.
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Re: Cringe Worthy
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2008, 01:26:54 PM »
Yeah, I've done the same thing. Though, I don't have the heart [nor the will] to change any of them. I've actually posted some of them I've cringed at on here, & they were well liked enough-lol.

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Re: Cringe Worthy
« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2008, 01:34:03 PM »
Yes, all the time. Its funny  because I'll read it and think, 'I came up with this way again? And people are able to read it?' Its a good laugh really. Good times.
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Re: Cringe Worthy
« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2008, 01:38:31 PM »
LMAO we all have those! I have a few that I'm almost embarrassed to let people read, but I leave them posted cause it's kind of fun at the same time to see what I was like when I wrote my first story. My first one is beyond cringe worthy. But I was like 14 at the time and the biggest teeny you've ever seen in your life. Good to know I've grown up. (a little)
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Re: Cringe Worthy
« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2008, 02:29:47 PM »
Yup lol
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Re: Cringe Worthy
« Reply #5 on: May 26, 2008, 02:30:45 PM »
I do!  Like Kelly, my first stories are so embarrassingly awful that I've considered taking them off my website, but also like Kelly, I can't bring myself to do it... they've still got a little spot in my heart, and it does make me feel good to look back at them and see how far I've come since then!

But even my more recent stories make me cringe in parts LOL.  I don't think I'll ever get over that.  There will always be parts that almost impress me a little (like, "Wow, I wrote that??") and even more parts that make me cringe and think "Wow.  I wrote that... *palm to forehead*"
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Re: Cringe Worthy
« Reply #6 on: May 26, 2008, 05:26:35 PM »
Aaaahhh!!  My first stories are all like that, too!  All the stories I have posted, and the one I'm doing now (aside from the challenges, of course) are old stories that I am re-writing to make them less cringe-worthy (I hope).
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Re: Cringe Worthy
« Reply #7 on: May 26, 2008, 06:54:37 PM »
OMG... don't I ever!! LMAO. When I look back at my old writing works, I sit there and laugh, saying to myself "What the hell were you thinking?!" Especially when I look at my grammar and spelling, tee hee. Don't mean to sound arrogant or whatever, but I think I've came a long way from how I used to write, and I think that's the case for everybody. I think years later (if I still continue to write) I'll look back at the works I'm doing now and just laugh, thinking the same thing I did when I looked back at my super old writing.

I think we should all post our original works... well, at least one of them. I think it'd be cool for people to see how far you've came with your writing.
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Re: Cringe Worthy
« Reply #8 on: May 26, 2008, 07:03:55 PM »
Um yeah I would post a link to my old website.. (its still up and running, I just looked haha) but yeah.. soooo embarassing.

Also, every single story features Steph as the main character and of course she is dating Nick lol.
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Re: Cringe Worthy
« Reply #9 on: May 26, 2008, 10:33:24 PM »
I constantly wonder what I was thinking when I wrote some of mine. Just the other day I was thinking about removing the sequel to More Than That off of AC because it's a story I've decided I'm just not going to finish.. not because I don't like the story ... I truly can't remember where I was going with it honestly.... of course I also wonder why I made it a sequel in the first place, that could be another reason.
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Re: Cringe Worthy
« Reply #10 on: May 27, 2008, 04:11:21 PM »
I think everyone does that sometimes. :) It's just the way life goes. You do it about things outsid of writing too, you know?
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Re: Cringe Worthy
« Reply #11 on: May 27, 2008, 09:53:56 PM »
Quote from: Sakabelle on May 26, 2008, 07:03:55 PM
Um yeah I would post a link to my old website.. (its still up and running, I just looked haha) but yeah.. soooo embarassing.

Also, every single story features Steph as the main character and of course she is dating Nick lol.

LMAO We should have a thread where we post all our old fiction. Or maybe one of Mare's challenges can be to post an old piece of work that you're incredibly embarassed over.
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Re: Cringe Worthy
« Reply #12 on: May 28, 2008, 05:19:22 AM »
Quote from: MellzBellz on May 27, 2008, 09:53:56 PM
LMAO We should have a thread where we post all our old fiction. Or maybe one of Mare's challenges can be to post an old piece of work that you're incredibly embarassed over.

That's exactly what I was thinking, lol.
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Re: Cringe Worthy
« Reply #13 on: May 28, 2008, 05:48:36 AM »
That's a good idea and more importantly, less work for me so maybe i'll do that! lol
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Re: Cringe Worthy
« Reply #14 on: May 28, 2008, 01:27:21 PM »
^LOL. I'm sure this is a challenge people (as in the readers) would enjoy, lol.
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