There is no one born knowing all these abbreviations. I learned them by asking someone else; I am glad to help out by sharing what I know with you. I would encourage you not to pay attention to the popularity contest that is the galleries. You can look at this as a place to experiment and learn; but don't expect to find here a place to judge your work. Someone once said I was eccentric, and so I asked a close friend of mine if she thought I was eccentric. She said, "Well, yes, you are a little eccentric." At that point, I have a choice. I can stop being the person I am in order to conform to someone else's notion of what a "normal" person is; or I can decide that, as long as I hurt no one and I live consistently with the principles I profess, then someone else's opinion of me is not very important. You have a choice. You can try to win the popularity contest, but I don't think that will make you happy in the long run, or you can write what feels true to you, and have confidence that somewhere (perhaps not here) is an audience for your work. I have struggled with this myself. My style of writing is one that I know wouldn't appeal to the majority of people. I could copy someone else's style...there's no big trick in that...but I've decided that isn't the path I want to go down. I keep my writing to myself these days because I haven't decided whether or not I'll continue with it, but what I write, whether for an audience or for myself, will be true to who I am. I don't know if that answers your questions or not, or if there is an answer, or if someone like me could provide an answer. Have you ever read "The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom" by Don Miguel Ruiz? The four agreements are, briefly:

1. Be impeccable with your words
2. Don't take anything personally
3. Don't make assumptions
4. Always do your best

As a guideline to life and writing, one could do worse.