I didn't mean they were nice with their critiques just that they were all around nice. They butchered my poor story :dead .

Circe. Burn!

Advice and tips is called the FAQ.

Nevermind

Good god Kraken, get a god damned girlfriend.

I do. Her name is Kagome.

Oh wait, do you mean an actual girlfriend?

EDIT: Here is her picture. Hands off though!!!

Please die.

The truth is, most don't have the necessary experience or know-how to effectively critique your "serious" work. Internet sites like the one mentioned above are rarely very helpful because all you are getting are unqualified opinions. That's not to say they are totally useless, of course, but I'd be wary of relying on them.

Exactly. Of course, the idea of having a writing "tutorial" on TRF isn't necessarily a bad one? For those who didn't do GCSE English (or whatever the US/Canadian/etc equivalent is) it could help in getting the basics of story writing. i.e. beginning, middle, end, dramatic climax, etc.

Especially if it was written by members: Why not make a set of pages on the wiki for it? Then those that want can edit and those that don't have no need to.

How about this. If you can't write, DON'T COME TO A FREAKING WRITING BOARD!