Oh nice! Well, I left LJ after turning some of my fanfic into original fic and getting published with it :) After which I spent 10 years writing original m/m romance. And I'm still writing original fic now, although it's SF/F and some of it I'm writing as a ghostwriter for someone else. So I would love to chat about the perils of original fic writing, as that's where I am now :)

(And yes, I tried Wattpad too, but as you say. They encourage a style of writing I don't enjoy.)