Topic: I wrote this short story from the top of my head.
Catherine !TGirlYJKXM started this discussion 12 years ago#34,695
It's pretty bad. I don't know why I still write such crap. But my therapist told me I should start saving whatever I write so I figured that probably was good advice.
I am the damsel. I am the villain who captures her.
I am bound, I am gagged. I am helpless. I feel afraid of what he might do.
He is mad and he is angry. He yells and he hates. He hurts and enjoys.
Yet he cries. He cries whenever he hurts. He cries whenever he's cruel to me. He is lost.
Where is the hero? Where is the soul to save the day? A song once sung. I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light.
A hero is what I need. A hero to save me. A hero who would protect me. Protect me from the monster before me.
A hero to show him the light. A hero to set us free.
Can I be that hero? I wonder myself. I try, but fail.
Can I save myself? Save myself from what's before me? I don't know. And this terrifies me.
Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 7 minutes later[^][v]#478,306
Cathy, why do you keep putting yourself down by insisting that your works are bad? That's not going to help your mental well-being.
Try to take a more positive attitude! If you assume that something is going to go badly, then it's more likely to.
Catherine !TGirlYJKXM (OP) replied with this 12 years ago, 2 hours later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#478,321
@previous (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
I'm not going to be in denial and say my work is good when it's really shit.
Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 12 years ago, 2 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#478,322
@previous (Catherine !TGirlYJKXM)
I didn't say to say that it's good. Just to not have such awful expectations all the time. Because that's a problem in itself.
Ash !bbKEtchUp. joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 4 hours later, 6 hours after the original post[^][v]#478,408
Everybody thinks their own output is bad secretly. I have written stories so enriched with sadness they make people physically cry and I still think they suck.
Also I like this, its interesting and thought provoking.