When I was naught but a green newbie (I'm an oldbie? Weird) one very, very smart member of this community, long since gone (Where are you, EllipsisFlood?) told me a very important thing: ConCrit hurts. It's easy to shrug off flames - every Suethor can do that! - but ConCrit hurts because it pokes where it hurts, so to speak; it tells you exactly what you're doing wrong and nobody likes to hear that they're wrong. The thing is to accept the ConCrit and to learn from it despite its less-than-sweet packaging. Neh?

“A lesson without pain is meaningless, for you cannot gain anything without sacrificing something else in return, but once you have overcome it and made it your own... you will gain an irreplaceable fullmetal heart.” -Hiromu Arakawa - a wise cow indeed.

I created a character when I was fifteen, now twelve years later; after her world had 8 reboots and she had 7 redesigns, at least 2 character mergings, innumerable retcons, being thrown into the future for the sake of plot, involved with various cosmic shenanigans for the lulz and then yanked back for small polishing; is now being prepared for service in the PPC. And I cannot stress this enough, it took me twelve years of work without any kind of help whatsoever, to get this character story-ready. Staying here, will help you get her ready a lot more faster!

and apologize for your immaturity is a huge step forward, all right? :)

Just don't turn that into an excuse, though, because we've had people in the past who've tried to get away with stuff and explain it away by blaming immaturity. Those people aren't around any more.

As long as you're willing to listen to advice and have fun, you'll be fine, okay?