Just want to say...

...thank you to all of you that have critiqued me, at times even brutally--it's made a difference. At this time last year, my work was getting critiqued and the slightest criticism would unravel me. Honestly at times, anything said would unravel me. <br><br>Just wanted to say I've been doing a lot of work on my writing, and that you guys have helped at times to point me in the right direction. And your patience is appreciated, I have been appreciative of it, even when it comes to the more brutal, direct critiques. <br><br>But I don't know, at times I think--should I just delete this? It's not my work. Should I let people know? <br><br>I think--my work is not fully fully fully fully fully fully my own. It's a collaboration, I've had so much help and feedback from people on the internet, at times I feel like I'm just fully the tool--the instrument--and not fully the creator of it. And I just feel like--I should fully fully fully fully admit it, and not pretend it's all my own. I just feel like--I should at times fully fully fully fully fully fully fully fully fully fully fully fully fully fully fully fully fully fully fully fully fully fully fully fully fully fully fully fully fully fully fully fully fully fully fully fully finally say it. <br><br>I just feel like--it's all in my mind, I don't really know, and I just needed to say it, more than I needed any kind of response, and it's not my problem, but I did want to say thanks.