The thing to remember is that in the real world, badfic authors mostly aren't out to wreak havoc on the Word Worlds. They're mostly just people - actually, mostly just kids - who have an idea and want to write it down. Sometimes their skills fall a bit short of their vision - or, as it may be, several miles short.

But ultimately, the only way to improve at writing is to try. 'A man's reach should exceed his grasp/Or what's a heaven for?' If you stick to writing See Spot Run, you'll never be able to write beyond that level.

So write as ambitiously as you can dream. Sometimes - often - you'll fall flat on your face. But even if no-one offers you any concrit whatsoever - even if, in fact, no-one else ever sees it - if you're trying to improve, simply writing more and more will help you get there.

But concrit helps a lot more than just doing it. So if you want to improve as a writer, you want people to see your work... even when it's bad. And yeah, there are better ways to do that than to post on FF.net. But a lot of people don't know that.

Like I say, I don't know if this is a troll or not - I can't make head or tail of the first chapter, even once I get past the punctuation. But 'it's bad so it must be a troll' is a dangerous thought regardless of circumstances. It's why we're still not entirely certain about 'legolas by laura'...

hS