Luckily most of this wasn't my crappy fanfiction. Though I've certainly seen that stuff too.. My older stuff sometimes makes me cringe too, but I can still appreciate some of the stories I tried to put into it. The technical writing is often good but I didn't know how to use the description and such sometimes. Too much show, not enough tell. Or just that the writing was bland. It's always interesting to weed through it and see what's slavageable, for me. =]