A spire

capable

of never

being tapered.

Comes out of

a well.

A discus.

A drop sitting

there, sitting

There.

A child of light
Tries her best with all her might
Her passion raging
But her hope decaying
This name bestowed upon her
Light in the darkest night
Is now a target of sorrow
From its very owner
Because she had to be named after
The one thing that fades each day
Her light.

ProWritingAid, Scribophile, Critique Circle, Inkitt, Wattpad, Medium, Reedsy, you name it If any of theses  polite, toothless back-patting  participation trophy
"circles" had anything but,   people  trying to make a profit off of your ideas or your willingness to share..
They aren't upfront or honest,
They should  tell you how oversaturated the market is,
and they would tell you the truth about your work
being not only
unwanted
but un- needed. polite, toothless back-patting circles
Especially with the non-stop imflux of A.I. written slop
and **** disguised as Fan fiction.

Without tens and tens of thousands at least
its more than incredibly difficult to get a break or to make a break of any kind.

There are literally millions of well-written short stories,
books, and full novels
that nobody even looks at

EVER !

And to pretend that it's just a fantasy land of profit or joy is wrong.

'All you gotta do is throw some words together and you're gonna have success or popularity'—

that is not only misleading, but naive.
To encourage competition between unskilled amateurs and professionals with support,  financial backing ??? … When the pros can’t even gain traction ?



I'll openly admit that I've been banned or blocked or chastised or whatever, put in time out by every single one of these, and repeatedly.....

They're just liars and they just want your money.
The only people they can actually help are literally like 4th grade level people who don't even know how to form a complete sentence. That's. ...       the  truth . I mean it's sad.

And the poor little teeny boppers that go there with their angst poetry and their sadness and their wah wah wah and    
their wannabe build up to just kissing or
making out *** tales and it's pathetic.
Anyone with a developed voice or a brain will  get flagged, censored, or shadow-banned for “tone.”
They don’t want real writers they want " content participants"
.

What’s wild is, they’ll still email you like some needy ex, pretending you’re “part of the family,” because every re-login helps their engagement metrics.

Yet, I still get their invites in my e-mail almost every single day email like some needy ex texting .

Play make-believe in a digital daycare full of fragile egos and corporate parasites pretending to be mentors..
I go on, and within hours I'm already in the moderator's office or the bad boy room, and they're telling me, oh, we gotta take this down. The most recent verbiage was archived. I've been archived. Yeah, like they're gonna save me, preserve me for later.
A rainy day.   lol


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