I was unhappy with Fan Fiction for awhile now. I love writing as a hobby but I wasn't happy with my work and I couldn't understand why. I have the tendency to procrastinate with my updates (and I also have other things to do besides write stories....) it was getting... well not bad, just annoying. I write with my best, dear friend Ashley who is an incredible writer and just, the improvements she makes through each of her stories is amazing. It's kinda like.... we're writing soul mates and we've pretty much combined our characters and plots together and have been co-writing. We're working on a series of stories and we love roleplaying our ideas for our stories on Facebook. We haven't physically published our works on Fan Fiction but we are pretty much co-writing partners.
Then I realized I was unhappy because I was tired of writing Fan Fiction, I wanted our stories to be our own. Completely original. Our ideas, our characters, our everything with the exception of brands, songs, and the like - but everything else was ours so I decided we should move to Fiction Press. At this point we had been writing with our own original characters and such for awhile now so it only made sense. I felt like I was freed from this huge bubble. I felt like we had complete creative control and could do whatever we wanted no matter how unrealistic because it was our stories.
And then I come onto Fiction Press to read how they are finally enforcing their rules. I told my friend Ashley while I do want to continue writing our story (I'm on the third chapter and at the point where we really 'co-write') and I was just as antsy as her to get to writing for real together but I don't want to be on Fiction Press or Fan Fiction. I felt like I was attached to a huge chain and that bubble was forming around me again. I figure there's no way we could post any of our stuff up. I refuse to keep my dirty mind in a pure bubble. I'm the one who usually takes care of the smuttier scenes but we also have content such as drug abuse, rape, suicide, domestic abuse, etc. I understand Fan Fiction and Fiction Press has rules to enforce but that doesn't mean I'm going to stick around...
I should have joined here awhile ago. The only reason why I didn't because it looked too confusing to navigate - but I got the hang of it and my friend Ashley will be joining as well. Now I officially feel this bubble of mine is gone and I can be as dirty or violent as we want to while still having the opportunity to share our writing.
I'm excited. I'm already loving this site and I like how there is a section for fan fiction as well as original works and I love that you don't have to post dirty smutty stories on here but if you want to you have full reign and can be as dirty as you want. Yaaay. Aha.
I still have to retrieve stuff from my Doc Manager on Fiction Press but it's only three things. Once I got everything I need off of there, I delete my current story on Fiction Press and my accounts will remain dormant. I'm so glad I left both sites and am happy to have joined this site. It makes me more motivated to write my third chapter and get everything posted. =]