Oh dear. I got into trouble publishing a poem there and then there was something else, so I stomped my feet and I thought I'd never post in there again lol. But I get the violence thing, really, it's hard to explain to some people the difference between violence that explores a human experience or just gratuituous, badly written violence porn - they must have read some pretty blood curdling things and if they don't need that in their lives, I get it. I think they understood that about my story but if you have a rule, you have a rule - I was pissed at first then I thought about it and understood so it was all cool. Lol, you're a child killer now??? Lmao. That's not so stylish :P Sounds like you just had a bad run, funny you got banned. Is there a Hive Buzz badge for that? Coz there should be!
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I loved your story, it was really well written and the violence was more hinted at than graphic, but I get where the inkwell comes from with their rules as well, they must see some amount of horrible stuff, so it's easier to go with a blanket ban. I contacted Jayna for another of my stories and got it "pre-approved" shall we say, as I knew it had a theme of violence, but was making sure first it wouldn't get muted if I posted. So that's something you can do as well if you're ever concerned in the future. 🙂
I just didn't even think about it, my bad. I do get it though. It's hard enough being a curator let alone reading banal and horrifying violence everyday. I was annoyed at first but once I read where they were coming from it totally was fine. A non issue.
Yeah exactly, if we write something from the prompt and it's suitable for The Ink Well then that's great, if it's not, then it's still a good story for the portfolio, or to use somewhere else, or even just good practice. It's all good 😊