I am currently suffering from Backspace Syndrome, the condition in which the pinky finger of my right hand involuntarily presses the backspace button, so often that any new words I have written for my story are erased. It doesn't just affect my creative writing. I have trouble writing short emails and LiveJournal posts. Seriously, I could only get ( Read more... )

Heyyyy. It's been a while since I've posted but I decided that I FINALLY have something to rant about on fp. I don't know why but I find it REALLY pathetic or annoying to receive random PMs from people I have never heard of, asking for reviews. I have no idea how they find me but it's kind of grating - even if their stories MIGHT be good - but ( Read more... )

oh god. i want to stab my eyes with a pitchfork ( Read more... )

This is somewhat a controversial post ( Read more... )

This was bothering me and figured I'd see what you guys think. There's a lot of rambling and examples so bare with me, lol ( Read more... )

Ugh, the ONE thing I can't stand is getting a story alert and no review. I mean, I ALWAYS take the time to review, whether it's a "awesome chapter and I hope to read more" or an in-depth review with lots of paragraphs but I realised that a lot of people don't have the decency of reviewing because they're not bothered ( Read more... )

I'm not sure if this has already come up, but ( Read more... )

I feel like lately I have really grown to dislike FP in alot of ways. I know it's a huge site and full of stories that require weeding through to get to the good stuff, but it seems like the quality pieces are fewer and farther between these days, and the stories that are very popular usually... well, let's just say they aren't so great. Yeah, that ( Read more... )

Apparently, even in the virtual community of fictionpress, which was created for the seemingly harmless sharing of stories online, we human beings still can’t get rid of our obsession with our status - the relative position of a person within a society. As much as you may deny it, we are all addicted with our status. While in the real world, it is ( Read more... )