All The Fun The Law Allows · 11:52pm Nov 29th, 2014
I'm done. When a website becomes the bane of your existence, you have a problem. I have reached and exceeded the point of no return. I spend a lot of time thinking about making it to the Favorite's page. In the beginning, I thought my obsession was just perserverence. But now I think that this is starting to become unhealthy.
My first story "Law and Discord", was written over a few week period. However, I had it scripted to a play, with only dialouge. After getting feedback by the submiters, I changed the format into a story, with results that looked promising. I got over-excited with the expectation of becoming a hit. That sadly didn't happen, as I can now plainly see why. So I wrote some more stories, with each idea being better than the last. Progress is virture, but it wasn't enough. Either the fan base for my type of genre (legal thrillers and noir) just isn't here, I always submit my work at the wrong time, or my writing is garbage.
Some of my favorite stories show so much passion and well deserved recognition. I know that the majority of people on this website at any given moment cannot be considered reliable in any comments, questions, or real hard work. I suspect that most people have the same problems as I do concerning this website. There are many groups that try to solve these problems, the only result being numbers on a page that nobody will read.
I have a new idea for a story. It closely relates to the main protagonist, Mr. Ponetti. I will not say or even think, that my story is the greatest. I'm not in denial, nor am i overly optimistic. This website shows hope, show compassion only when necessary. I cannot think why I still day after day scrounge the website, looking for great stories with almost no recogniation. There is no solution to this problem. I will be the first to admit that. I'm sure that in the outside world, things are even worse. It is a tragedy, as underserving clops that took at most an hour to write, while good stories never make it out of development. This is a farewell to FIMfiction. I say adieu to the hope that lies in my soul that something I have written, something that my name could reflect pride, will never come.
A billion bits to you,
Matthew DePointe
