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Question of the day part 9 (even though days go by lol)
julilly:
--- Quote from: mare on July 15, 2013, 12:50:36 PM ---Oh, another question from a discussion happening in the confessional thread! LOL
Is there any story of yours that if it was read, you'd be afraid to be judged solely by that story?
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In a way this sort of belongs in the confessional but to be honest, judgement from my peers is a big point of stress for me.
I couldn't care less about knowing that hundreds of thousands of people could potentially be listening to my voice on the radio, if I knew someone I respected was listening I would be SO nervous.
It's the same way with my fics. I have mad respect for all of you. Especially since I don't have a lot of confidence in my own writing. That being said, it terrifies me to even know that any of you have read my stories lol Posting them online was such a leap, having people read them gives me a nervous stomach. I'd prefer not to be judged at all LOL but especially not for anything I wrote between 1999 and 2004.
RokofAges75:
^ Aww, you don't need to worry about being judged here. You're a talented writer! I wish you'd write more often and post it, but I'm glad to see you participating so much in these threads lately. That's a start! :)
I do understand, though. That's how I feel about people in real life reading my writing. I am not really like that around you all, but once in awhile I do write something that I'm nervous about posting for just that reason. And I have discovered through meeting online friends in real life that I do not like to talk about my stories in real life. It doesn't matter how much I've talked about them with those same people online; it's still awkward face to face!
FrickingKaos:
I'm sure it's not a secret but I am always worried what people what will think of what I have written, I am really self conscious and nervous when it comes to that....I don't know why that is...maybe due to being bullied as a kid. I am getting better at dealing with it I think anyway.
Rose:
Please don't judge me by Lost Souls or Blind Within The Shadows. Like they got reposted here but they were originally written in like 2000/2001 and seriously I was only 14/15. The writing is just downright embarrassing lmao.
I'm like Julie though, it's weird talking about your stories in person. Like hell the two of us collab and everything constantly but we'd make our private jokes. We wouldn't talk about everything we write face to face. It's weird for some reason lol.
RokofAges75:
I just have to remind myself that while not everyone will like everything I write, there have always been people who liked my stories... even the old crappy stories... and so no matter what I write, there's always going to be some audience for it. The size of the audience and who's in it may vary from story to story, but someone out there is going to want to read what I write.
When I write something that I'm afraid to post because it's too weird or too sad or too gory, I remind myself of all the other scenes I've written that were really weird or sad or gory that people loved. I haven't posted anything on AC that didn't get a good reaction from at least one person (though maybe just one, for some stories LOL). I figure as long as I can please just one other person than me, it's worth posting.
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