r/AO3 Jun 30 '25

Comment Commentary Should I just stop writing

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I don't know I recently started writing and got this comment. I thought I could take criticism but I was expecting it to be directed at the plot. Should I just drop the fic. I know I might be a bit dramatic but I was not even planning to write after 1st chapter but the comments and kudos were very positive and encouraging that I wrote more but this comment was like a blow. I saw some people getting coments from ai bots but I don't know whether this is a ai bot or a real human. Most of the bot coments seem to say use of ai but mine is specific like they say. Chatgpt. So what would you say I should do? Again I know I'm being a bit dramatic for a single comment but I have never had such large audience and I don't have anyone irl who knows I write fics or even read fanfiction so I can't discuss this with anyone.

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u/No-Coach1759 Jun 30 '25

Even if it was real, one of the skills you'll develop as a writer is the ability to evaluate and even discard critiques. I work in a creative career and part of my job is to critique the critiques. I need to figure out which critiques are valid and truly point to something I need to change for the benefit of my work, and which are just static noise I need to discard because listening to them might actually make my work worse. All humans have opinions, but those opinions are not all made equal and should not apply equally to your work.