What website for posting writing is going to give me the least grief? [closed]

As a writer if you want to share your work with people at large you need to develop a very thick skin.

The nature and to a certain extent culture of the internet in particular means that people feel little to no compunction to wrap what they say in polite niceties which is very different than what they may say to someone in a more personal setting such as face to face. And of course there is always the problem of trolls.

Remember that no creative work that has gained sufficient exposure to be discussed on line escapes this. Everything, from the Avengers movies to Harry Potter, from the Lord of the Rings, to the works of celebrated literary greats like Shakespere will have recieved a sound drubbing at the hands of the internet commentariat.

While this might sound like a reason not to do it - there is also going to be plenty of valuable things you can learn from feedback (even if it's negative). It's about learning to spot the difference between the things you want to take on board and the things you want to just discard as so much noise. Here's some hypothetical examples (but of the sort of thing I've genuinely seen in various places)

The ending was rubbish - I don't get why [Character X] did this at the end.. it just makes no sense based on everything they did up to this point!

^ this is actually good feedback and worth looking into - maybe you act on it and change the way you do thing in future or maybe not. This person has clearly read to the end though. Even if they didn't like what you did at the end they still got there.

Got bored half way through and gave up! ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!

^ OK this is a little less constructive - but if enough people make similar comments then perhaps you're losing readers in the middle? Do you need to look at bringing the pace up a notch?

This f##king sux!

^ Noise, you can't learn anything useful from it so just ignore it.

[Author] is an idiot. WTF is this dross?

^ Noise, you can't learn anything useful from it so just ignore it.

So be brave.. post your stuff wherever it's on-topic and see what comes back, just remember to filter out the noise!

Edit: Addressing the OP's concerns about "real" life criticism for site choices

I think this aspect is perhaps more in the interpersonal domain than writing per se but since we're here.. human nature means it's harder to just shrug off any "grief" you may get for your choice of publishing venue - but I do have to think that if you're getting rude comments from people about this sort of thing then why talk to them about it? In fact, why talk to them at all, they don't sound like people particularly worth talking to. Such comments say far more about their character then it does about you or your writing.

posted almost 6 years ago

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motosubatsu‭

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The only way to not be criticized, is to not share.

If you must post, put it to a Dropbox or Drive account and then make select content shareable with temp links to select people. Control who can see it, and you control who can criticize it.

Your other realistic option is to create a site that allows a certain amount of space for free or cheap, and grants you control over content. A WordPress site had already been mentioned, which basic version is free. This is what I use, personally.

A BB forum site is another option that I've seen.

Amino will likely have a group niche site somewhere that happens to cater to your taste. But you won't have much control unless you start your own.

Any option of these three requires some learning to adjust to the format, and the control schemes.

posted almost 6 years ago

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nijineko‭

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