Advice/encouregement needed

[sevofthesands]

im a writer lord knows im not a good one but a writer nonetheless so here is my problem:

im writeing a story that has potential to receive much hate and i need some ecourragement to actually man up and post it.

oh and any writing advice would help too

[starswirlthebearded]

Best advice: Write for yourself and no one else. If YOU feel proud of your work, post it. If you enjoy it, there will probably be others who will enjoy it as well. Tastes in literature are not entirely unique and entirely subjective. There will always be haters, no matter how good or bad it is, but you shouldn't let that stop you.

Catcher in the Rye is a critically acclaimed book, and yet it was constantly being banned, and JD Salinger received a lot of negativity for it. There are tons of examples of that, why? Because, unfortunately you can never please everyone. In fact, the popularity is in all likelihood proportional to negative attention. The more popular something, the more negativity it will possibly receive (See Twilight Saga).

So I say go for it, if you are still nervous show it to people you trust to edit and give constructive criticism. Though you really should have someone else proofread and edit for you anyway. It is really difficult to do that for yourself. That is why in publishing they have editors.