Clichéd. Options

[*Azarel*]

After attempting all sixty-one pages of this forum, it's not surprising to say that only a handful of compositions are skillfully written – and all written by the same few writers. It's not surprising, at least not to me, that the average thread in this forum receives only a few replies, at best; it's not surprising that the mindless drivel fools like to call "raps" receive pages of feedback, while a well thought out piece is overlooked and is lucky if it even gets two replies. But then again, said pieces are rare – hard to find among pages of other sorts of nonsense: finding love, complaining about life, losing love, expressing sadness and depression, dying for love – it's all so common. It's not a wonder that this forum is underappreciated – it seems that nearly all of its authors don't understand what true writing is: you children flock to the forum to post up all of your most recent chicken scratch. Is there any meaning behind your words? Any emotion? Any significance at all? And is there anything that sets it apart from everything else? No, of course not. That's why people disregard this forum. Everything's banal; it's all clichéd.

Yeah, it's different from other shit I've written. HM, I wonder why.

[inthemudhole]

That was excellently said, Anna. I agree completely. You made some very, very good points. The rap threads get two or even three pages of repetitive comments, but then the other pieces of writing only get a few measly replies. It ticks me off to see some good writers and good pieces get neglected because of the pointless rap "disses" and mindlessly written poems getting in the way. Since when did quantity overcome quality?

Anyway, great job on this.