Is anyone here a fan of Creepy Pasta stories? I don't know about the adults on Psych Central ever reading them, because I would think it's more of a Generation Y thing, but I could be wrong (I'm not saying that old people don't know anything about internet pop culture. I'm just unsure if anyone else knows what I'm talking about.).

After reading some stories from the paranormal, lost tapes, and demonic possession sections of the website (later scaring me shitless to the point of staying up as late 4:00 a.m., I have been debating whether or not I should create my own story. Within a second of thinking about it, I already had one made up, but I feel as if I may need to work at it to get every single detail correct and making the story appealing to the reader as much as possible.

However, there are some issues that worry me of pursuing this:
-People reading it, and then stealing my idea in order to make it a novel of-their-own.

-People saying how much of a horrible story it is (Even though this IS a story to be criticized in order for the public to be entertained with my writings, I would still be terribly burdened by the fact that I have failed to gain recognition in succeeding AGAIN.).

-I haven't written anything in a very long time, which I gave up on due to taking time to think about what I want to write, later to change it to something else because a new idea emerged in my mind (Also, because I kept on getting criticized on how I was doing everything wrong all of the time, so I quit it all together.). If I do end up typing it, I will need to put a great amount of thought into the dialogue. I've already got the background and storyline developed for most of the part.

Yes, it is time for me to grow up and face my fear of being critiqued. This will let me know if I shall continue to write as a hobby, or never return the arts of writing.

Maybe...

I should not attempt this at all!

[IchbinkeinTeufel]

Go for it. It sucks being criticized all the time, for stuff you're passionate about, but at the end of the day, once you've got over the hurt stage, you'll get past it, and you'll be better for it. I'm a guitarist, and I've been poked at a good few times in the past, but I learn from it. I've had my poetry criticized, but I learned from it and improved as a result. And so on. You could just say this is AS IS and you aren't looking for criticisms, just for people to take it as it is, whether like or hate. Sometimes people get kinda... IDK... they fail to just take something for what it is.