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Have you ever written something so bad in the past, you would be embarrassed to let others read it now?

I do. I've written very bad stories with very sue-ish characters when I was just a 7th grader (never wrote fanfics before). One is about a female Dhampir from Castlevania (which is impossible in that universe's circumstances), who always gets the trust of the canon characters immediately after their first meeting. Plus, she somehow turns out to be more powerful than all the canon characters (and the canon character's been there all the time fighting the villains, while she just disappears for 600 years and suddenly reappears, beating the main villain in one shot).

BQ: What is your about?

Update:

azumi- I've done research and currently writing an original fiction.

Update 2:

cathrl69- yes, that mary sue was a self-insertion.

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  • 8 years ago

    Yes! I think everyone has that experience under their belt. In 7th or 6th grade, I wrote this story called Alice in Underland (you probably can guess where that came from) and I thought I was being oh so clever by utilizing characters that had never been used in the disney movie, like Humpty Dumpty (even thought those egg–shaped brother were probably based on him). Not to mention the fact that she was destined to be a great hero and save the realm (yeah, the Tim Burton plot was stolen from, too). What's worse is that I had access to the INTERNET, and I published the story on Wattpad. It was an awful, truly astrocious story that lacked any hint of originality and was filled with typos. I forgot about it after I published it, but one day, while I was cleaning, I found a rough draft of the second chapter. I deleted the story.

    I regret it a little now, because I want to measure how much I improved, but it was really an awful story, and I feel bad that it was the first impression some people got of my writing skill.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    If I had any reason to think of my daughter became partaking in habit that ought to harm her, others, or factors and there became a diary attainable that could help me help her, you could wager i could examine it. as that's, my 11 365 days previous keeps an series of journals. She writes thoughts, lists, her recommendations, notes to acquaintances. when you consider that many scraps of paper are left mendacity around for me to sparkling up, I unquestionably have defined to her that something left interior the open is honest sport. to that end a techniques, I unquestionably have not peeked into her diaries or journals as I her scraps circulate away me reassured that, for now, she is happy and not at risk. Your mom could have frightened approximately you for a type of motives. You do have a real to the sensation which you have been betrayed via her movements. although if, some day you will come to realize that as dad and mom, we've such countless concerns and concerns and he or she could have basically been attempting to reassure herself that she became doing the applicable issues for you. i'm hoping you come to this attractiveness quicker quite than later and resume a healthful relationship inclusive of your mom.

  • 8 years ago

    Of course! I wrote lots of stories when I was a young teen that I cringe to think of now. One of the worst ones was about a girl who fell in love with a pop star and it went on for pages and pages about this crush she had on him. And then, suddenly, towards the end of the story, they just happen to bump into each other and live happily ever after. Ugh. It was complete rubbish. Some of my teenage writing wasn't too bad, but it still seems incredibly childish now.

    I also wrote a few depressing and angst-ridden poems after my break up that I'm kind of ashamed of now :/

  • 8 years ago

    Yes,i have written a poem when i was in class 8. But i could not let others to read it that time. .When cleaning the room my wife find it and read it in front of my family member . At that time I was so embarrassed that my wife came to know that poem was not for her instead there was the admiration of the girl whom i liked when I was in class 8.

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Heck yes. Mary Sue city - never mind the character being a bit like me, I wrote myself into the story.

  • Oh yeah! When I first started writing my writing was full of sue-ish characters.

    My first stories were about this guy named Hunter. Hunter was super powerful with almost no weaknesses to name. The thing is he was also really intelligent and super confident. He was a real hard core gary sue type of character. The other really bad thing was that all of my characters were like that back then.

    Please anser mine? http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=201306...

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  • 8 years ago

    I tried to write a comedy once, for a fiction writing class. It sucked. I'm proud of my other work, and everyone was fairly receptive of it, but I think they were just being nice.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Yes!

    At the time, I thought my story was awesome. It was the first novel I had ever written and I was so proud of it. 3 years later I read it and my eyes widened and my jaw dropped. It. Was. Terrible! So glad no one will ever read it. I don't think I could handle the embarassment!

  • 8 years ago

    I wrote a love poem to my boyfriend. We parted on unhappy terms (due to circumstances not lack of love). My only hope is that he burned all momentoes of our relationship while drunk one night. I am less ashamed of my Mary Sue fanfic than I am of that particular poem.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    We've all been there, done that. I remembered writing about a group of teenagers with each of them having a different zodiac sign. Super powers, high school romance, hilarity ensues.

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