I don't own Hugh, Jennifer, or any of these actual people. I am sure they are all very nice human beings in real life. If you are offended by RPF, why are you reading this
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Thank you for your kind comments about my writing. Personally, I think I suck and it often takes me a couple years to finish one fic. I'm working on one I started over a year ago. I go back and read and re-read then change things, especially as I read other people's fics. I want to my fic to be as authentic to me and my ideas as possible.
I understand what you're saying and I get wanting the fantasy. However, Hugh doesn't always have to get divorced. Jen doesn't always have to break it off with Jesse. Sometimes not having them do that or letting things end organically is more satisfying. To me, at least. pyewacket_1975 always teases me because I want to make our fics "too real."
I'm sorry you were hurt but I meant my comment to be more in the form of constructive criticism. Go to hughvillefics and there you will find a lot of Hugh/Jen real person fic and none are much alike. I said I agreed with oxford_bred and I stand by that. You may have written your fic first but they are very similar. Your sex scenes are very graphic. Maybe an NC-17 rating and putting it under a cut? If I'd known how graphic it was, I wouldn't have read it. I've also researched British slang and tried to use as little of it as possible. I watch British vloggers and I haven't heard them use those terms. Honestly, I try to avoid slang as much as possible because it varies so much from place to place. You're also the first writer I know of who has told the readers about the beta's personal life. Usually they say nothing at all about the person other than to credit their beta work. I would be horrified if anyone I ever beta'd for told about my personal problems as a way to explain why their work wasn't beta'd.
I no longer post anything at FanFiction.net. I was torn to bits one time too many. I actually stopped writing at one point. Now, I let Loretta post there and then she can send the reviews to me. That allows me time to let my head explode with some of them (and, as I recall, a couple were yours) then come back and be funny with her about it.
There is one thing you need to know about me and possibly a lot of your readers. I endured years of the worst kind of abuse you can imagine. So, reading about Jesse being abusive is triggering for me. I have to stay away from things like that. Reading about Jen being weak and helpless also triggers me. It's taken almost 10 years for me to get to the point where I can even comment like this. A year or two ago, an alter would have taken over, slammed you, and unfriended you.
I'm sorry your feelings were hurt but to me that comes along with writing. I've developed a thicker skin but I stick to posting at Archive Of Our Own (which allows RPF, by the way) where I can control the comments and most people just leave a "kudos".
Breathe and if you want to keep posting this, post it. However, I can't read more if Jesse is going to be more violent.
Dear Hughville, I guess you needed to be more specific. You said you were in agreement with Oxford_bred. But she said more than our stories were similar. She accused me of plagiarism! From your second comment, I'm going to assume you just agree that they are similar.
I don't understand why everyone's upset about what I said about my Beta. I certainly didn't mean to embarrass her or anything. I never mentioned who my Beta was, so how would anyone know who I was talking about? Now if I had said sue Smith my betta couldn't continue because her father had a heart attack and her sisters got lung cancer I'll admit that would be pretty tacky. I will definitely seek out my betta though and talk with her and see if I have offended her and I will never mention her again.
You mentioned that you let Retta post on fanfiction.net and then she forwards your reviews because you can't handle some of them or something to that effect. And you insinuated that some of the ones that made your head explode were mine. I don't recall ever leaving a review to you guys that were negative at all. I don't remember leaving a negative review for anyone. I know in one of the reviews for you guys I mentioned that I was disappointed that Hugh didn't comment on Cameron's dress. And recently I don't remember if it was one of yours or if it was someone else's stories but house dies in the end I believe or maybe it was Cameron I don't remember but I don't do well with death and I said that how disappointed I was that it ended with their their death. That's about as negative as I get on reviews.
As far as the graphic sex scenes, I'm kind of baffled. 12 years ago, I had the same kind of sex scenes written in the first half of the story and also in Desperation and everybody loved them. And frankly, I see no difference between my sex scenes and all the ones I read in m-rated stories in fanfiction.net. I'm not trying to be a smart-ass, I'm honestly confused. And what is the difference between MA and NC - 17? And what is a cut? I'm lucky if I can figure out how to even post my story. I don't even know how to get that thing at the bottom of the story that says next chapter and they push the button and it takes them to the next chapter.
As far as the abuse is concerned, I'm very sorry that you've gone through that. I've gone through years of verbal abuse and while it's not the same thing, it is still damaging and hurtful. Unfortunately, Jesse gets more violent so you should probably stop reading. I wish you could read through to the end, but I understand.
I want you to know that I look forward to each new Hameron story you and Retta publish!
I understand what you're saying and I get wanting the fantasy. However, Hugh doesn't always have to get divorced. Jen doesn't always have to break it off with Jesse. Sometimes not having them do that or letting things end organically is more satisfying. To me, at least. pyewacket_1975 always teases me because I want to make our fics "too real."
I'm sorry you were hurt but I meant my comment to be more in the form of constructive criticism. Go to hughvillefics and there you will find a lot of Hugh/Jen real person fic and none are much alike. I said I agreed with oxford_bred and I stand by that. You may have written your fic first but they are very similar. Your sex scenes are very graphic. Maybe an NC-17 rating and putting it under a cut? If I'd known how graphic it was, I wouldn't have read it. I've also researched British slang and tried to use as little of it as possible. I watch British vloggers and I haven't heard them use those terms. Honestly, I try to avoid slang as much as possible because it varies so much from place to place. You're also the first writer I know of who has told the readers about the beta's personal life. Usually they say nothing at all about the person other than to credit their beta work. I would be horrified if anyone I ever beta'd for told about my personal problems as a way to explain why their work wasn't beta'd.
I no longer post anything at FanFiction.net. I was torn to bits one time too many. I actually stopped writing at one point. Now, I let Loretta post there and then she can send the reviews to me. That allows me time to let my head explode with some of them (and, as I recall, a couple were yours) then come back and be funny with her about it.
There is one thing you need to know about me and possibly a lot of your readers. I endured years of the worst kind of abuse you can imagine. So, reading about Jesse being abusive is triggering for me. I have to stay away from things like that. Reading about Jen being weak and helpless also triggers me. It's taken almost 10 years for me to get to the point where I can even comment like this. A year or two ago, an alter would have taken over, slammed you, and unfriended you.
I'm sorry your feelings were hurt but to me that comes along with writing. I've developed a thicker skin but I stick to posting at Archive Of Our Own (which allows RPF, by the way) where I can control the comments and most people just leave a "kudos".
Breathe and if you want to keep posting this, post it. However, I can't read more if Jesse is going to be more violent.
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From your second comment, I'm going to assume you just agree that they are similar.
I don't understand why everyone's upset about what I said about my Beta. I certainly didn't mean to embarrass her or anything. I never mentioned who my Beta was, so how would anyone know who I was talking about? Now if I had said sue Smith my betta couldn't continue because her father had a heart attack and her sisters got lung cancer I'll admit that would be pretty tacky. I will definitely seek out my betta though and talk with her and see if I have offended her and I will never mention her again.
You mentioned that you let Retta post on fanfiction.net and then she forwards your reviews because you can't handle some of them or something to that effect. And you insinuated that some of the ones that made your head explode were mine. I don't recall ever leaving a review to you guys that were negative at all. I don't remember leaving a negative review for anyone. I know in one of the reviews for you guys I mentioned that I was disappointed that Hugh didn't comment on Cameron's dress. And recently I don't remember if it was one of yours or if it was someone else's stories but house dies in the end I believe or maybe it was Cameron I don't remember but I don't do well with death and I said that how disappointed I was that it ended with their their death. That's about as negative as I get on reviews.
As far as the graphic sex scenes, I'm kind of baffled. 12 years ago, I had the same kind of sex scenes written in the first half of the story and also in Desperation and everybody loved them. And frankly, I see no difference between my sex scenes and all the ones I read in m-rated stories in fanfiction.net. I'm not trying to be a smart-ass, I'm honestly confused. And what is the difference between MA and NC - 17? And what is a cut? I'm lucky if I can figure out how to even post my story. I don't even know how to get that thing at the bottom of the story that says next chapter and they push the button and it takes them to the next chapter.
As far as the abuse is concerned, I'm very sorry that you've gone through that. I've gone through years of verbal abuse and while it's not the same thing, it is still damaging and hurtful. Unfortunately, Jesse gets more violent so you should probably stop reading. I wish you could read through to the end, but I understand.
I want you to know that I look forward to each new Hameron story you and Retta publish!
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