Hello, I live in Israel and I serve as a soldier in the Israeli Defense Forces, once a tank driver, now a communication technician. Been looking for some time now for a place to post my writings, now that I found one I'll kindly test it for the quality of the posters and writers here. I hope my material will be tolerated as it contains content that shouldn't be available for minors. I do not write for shock value so hopefully my work will be accepted. I am planning on participating in the contests now, hopefully I will meet some good opponents.
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Cogito, isn't it enough to display a "Reader discretion is advised"? I use a lot of exaggerated descriptions for violence in order to provoke emotions and to manipulate the readers. It's a very important aspect of my writings. An example for such description would be a man eating chewing shards of glass, till he chokes from his own bloody mess. A very graphic and detailed scene. Would you suggest there is not but a single section for adult writings? Using sex, violence, harsh language, all very important aspects to describe the times we live in, some of those stories should not be appropriate for 13 years old. What I will post here in those forums will not be excerpts of a project, but more likely to be tests and appreciation quality of my way of writing. Would like to get an answer for that ^^
