Thank you :) I learned those things from some tough moments in my life, and while, like all things, they could have been learned in a less unpleasant way, I am still grateful for those moments.

You are a wise man, sir.

I dont know about you, but when I read the thread I saw a lot of people who liked your writing a lot too. And Im pretty sure thats just how it is for any type of art form! You get people who dont like it, and then you get people who do. I think that, based off of that, you dont need to change anything. Just focus on writing what you feel like writing in whatever way you feel like writing it, while revising it in whatever way you feel like revising it, just as long as it makes you feel good.

Thank you! I don't think I could actually change my writing style if I tried, it's just unsettling when people dislike it.

I dont really know much about writing but Ill give you my take on your writing. It seems to me that you want to get writing down to a science, like an objective form where one way is better than the other, but not necessarily one that makes you the happiest. I may be completely wrong about this.

What Im suggesting is this: just write the way that makes you the happiest and just keep going until someone publishes you. No more threads asking for criticism, no more feeling bad when someone doesnt quite like the way youve been writing. For awhile, I suggest just listening to how you feel and only how you feel, until you really want to change your writing, if you ever want to at all.

Just offering my suggestion :) I hope that this helps you in whatever way it may help you.

You really were the most deserving of this promotion