Fan Fiction Writing

I have meant to write something here about Fan Fiction for a while. I shouldn't really complain, I have always said that Fan Fiction gives one an opportunity to get reviews, but unfortunately the last really good piece of writing (and I worked damn hard on it - even had it Beta Read, a Beta Reader is someone who goes through a piece of fan fiction and points out flaws.) I admit that it was an AU piece of writing and did so right from the beginning. But the last story I wrote all I got were negative reviews. Now, readers of this piece may feel that I am overreacting, I even went on the Forum and complained, but since the reviewer was also a member of this forum they also complained in return, obviously not liking the fact that I didn't like their review. They complained that the lead character was out of character - he'd just been through an experience where he thought he'd lost his best friend; and they didn't like the endearments the main characters used to the OC (Original Characters) seem wrong. Obvious they aren't very good at reading between the lines - the lines being that both the main characters are in love in with my OC characters so they would naturally call them things like honey, sweetie and darling. They might even shorten names as a mark of affection. But readers didn't get this - it was so depressing and upsetting. I know, I know, it's just fan fiction, but for the longest time I decided not to post anything more up on Fanfiction.net simply because I had done all the right things; I'd had the story read and checked by someone else; they'd liked it so I thought I was home and clear. I still do not know what, if anything, I did wrong. I posted a short story up late last year, but I'm still debating whether to close down my account. If I want to be made to feel like s**t there are many more places I can go and people I can see. I have read worse stories that get better reviews, and I don't mean 'My Immmortal'. So, I'm completely lost with regard to what I did wrong with this one. Unfortunately, I have found that Fan Fiction is terribly lonely, certainly no-one at my Creative Writing Group understands it, or is willing to entertain stories written in that genre, there's no-one I can go to and complain that I think I have been treated unfairly, because the first time I did, that reviewer was also a member of the Forum and objected to my criticism of their review.

You'll understand that I still feel somewhat hurt by the two terribly hurtful reviews I received. I still don't know what to do about my account, It was supposed to be a collection of stories about the characters and their lives, both as Secret Service Agents and their distaff counterparts and their lives, but my thoughts are that I no longer want to add any more stories regarding this collection to Fanfiction.net, or to finish the story I started posting on their site. Foolish I know, but it still hurts even many months on. Of course, Life has kicked me in the teeth in the last few months so I can't honestly say that I've felt much like writing; but the lack of support for this story, and the lack of support from anyone has really left me wondering if posting on this site, or even the site dedicated to the show is worth it. Perhaps the site dedicated to the show, they may not like it, but I never received the negativity from that site that I did on FanFiction.net. Maybe they'd done it on FanFiction.net first. Who knows? I still try to go on the Fan Site because they seem a nice group of people. At least I got the response of someone saying what they liked about the story and didn't make a song and dance about the main character being 'out of character'. Anyway, this is probably the only chance I get to have a proper 'vent' about this story. As I said, I have the choice of removing the entire account; or simply no longer posting any more stories so we'll see how I feel in a couple of months (or maybe longer.)