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Take a break and work on something else, that's what I do... or imagine the characters in another light. I make my characters over within one pen and paper RPG system or another, like making the main character of my novel as a Mage of Mage: the Ascension or something. It can really give you a fresh perspective on them and on the whole story. Just don't give up on it.

Quote from DareToDream: “Half done with one and started a short story that's turning into one. How do you keep from getting bored with your book? I have 23,000 words and am finding it hard to stay interested long enough.” I haven't written an entire book but here's my answer. There's no way of keeping yourself interested, really, no fool-proof way. All I can say is don't keep writing if you're not interested, otherwise its quality will probably plummet.

Pull the plug on me, and on my family. Family or close friends should have the choice, and I intend to make sure that my family and friends know my choice, both about myself and them. If I have to die over the course of weeks or months when my brain's already gone, those bastards are going to be haunted for the rest of their existence, alive or otherwise.

You're a terrible troll.

Quote from hheartstrongg: “No, I don't think anyone should keep that to themselves. It depends on the person, if you think it would make things worse, then you shouldn't be with the person if you're not able to talk things out. If the person doesn't know it, it's a tough thing to say because that person should trust you wholeheartedly, and by you not saying something they're trusting you and trusting your lies. It's just really unfair and really hurtful. Plus you should say it before they find o…

If you lied to one another once, you can lie again. I think there should be no exceptions for honesty; cheating need not be the end of the relationship. It probably is, but it doesn't need to be. But if I found out that I was lied to, and it's very likely that I would, then the relationship would be over. Also, accident made me giggle. "I didn't mean it, really, I fell on his cock!"

Reverse it. If they cheated on you, would you want them to tell you? Personally... assuming I had done so, which I don't believe I ever would, then I would be honest and tell them.

That was a rant. I was fucking angry. The reason I was angry is that I was being told by a self-published fourteen-year-old how to do what I've been doing my whole life, and believe may in fact be the purpose of my whole life, and that he is quite adamantly assuring me that something is impossible. Nothing is impossible, and I exist to prove that. In naming something, you limit it. In stating something is impossible, you make it so. And if none of this is getting through to you, if you can't ope…

No, I did not say that self-publishing means it cannot be good. That's what you got from it. Nor did I ever say that I could get my novel perfect in one shot. That is, again, your interpretation of my words. Your generalizations are beginning to grate. Very, very rarely can one lump any group into one specific category or statement and be correct (or really, come off as anything but ignorant). Some publishers go for what is quality, some popular, some creative. The point is that you are giving y…

You have one example (an opinion) to back up three opinions. I fail to see how this constitutes a logical argument.

No, I said that publishers are mean. I did not say that you did. I said that before, you probably weren't listening.

Tell me what I misinterpreted, please.

I am not putting them on a pedestal. You'd do well to learn to read what is said and not just the interpretation that can be used to support your own argument. Publishers are bastards. If a publisher will accept something you write, then it's almost guaranteed to be of higher quality than if some author said it was good. Please, do give me all the flaws in the publishing industry. Give me your insider info, sir.

Going through a publisher is something called quality control. Anyone can self-publish. Anyone. What I'm saying is that since you've self-published, you haven't gone through that extra layer. You haven't had one of the meanest bastards alive tell you that your work is worth being read and stamp a mark of approval on it. You've just paid someone to look the other way, to so speak.

I wanted to be nice, I really did, Dawson. But... here you go. Teen Forums - View Single Post - RANT thread! I'm sorry for that. I don't care if it bothered you, but even writing it bothered me and I feel horrible for having shown it to you.

The opinion of a writer on someone else's writing, no matter how acclaimed, has little actual worth compared to a publisher's opinion.

Quote from Dawson Vosburg: “You still haven't gotten that I've been around. I kinda already do have several professional opinions. Like that of Hugo-award winning author Ron Miller. Dawson” I don't mean that sort of professional. I mean a publisher. You know, the people who were trained, paid to, and spend their lives deciding what books are good enough to be published.

Quote from Dawson Vosburg: “ Why would I want to do that? Dawson” No way I can force you to, but it would give you a professional's perspective on your writing.

Submit some of your stuff to a publisher, Dawson. Quote from Jesus Christ: “Oh I never knew that :O. Wow, you're one of the only people in Teenhut who has actually posted an answer that has taught me something. I never wanted to publish a book I wrote because I knew I'd have to talk to a publisher first, and it has personal stories but with those websites one can be anonymous.” Really wouldn't recommend it, Cash. Self-publishing has next to no credibility.

I mean that for everything one can do, there's more than one way to do it and I find my own way, otherwise doing it is meaningless. I don't mean to be harsh, but at fourteen years old, it's difficult to say you've "been around" to a twenty-year-old, regardless of how many books you've sold. Your advice may be well meant, but it reads more as if you're sure there is only one way to do things, and that your way is that way. I'm not telling you to change your ways, just telling you how it strikes m…