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I think it’s up to you. I don’t think there’s any sort of moral imperative here. I personally would rather keep my writing mostly private. (It feels different to share my writing with other writers.) For me, I prefer the idea of getting to present my family with something complete, or at least a nearly complete draft.
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📚 Appreciator of BooksI wouldn’t say it’s weird to not share your writing with your parents. Actually I’d say it’s pretty normal. I only share poetry and some short stories, because I don’t like sharing things before they’re finished, and I’ve never finished a full-length fantasy novel 😅
I almost think it’s wrong. Shouldn’t they know what their only daughter writes?
Oh, I don’t think it’s wrong either! Especially if you’re acting like you don’t want them to see your stuff. Of course they are going to assume it’s private stuff and not ask you about it a lot.
I’m so happy for you girl! Btw, how is writing progress coming along? Not to pressure you, you’ve got time.
Thank you! 😜 Oh, it’s ambling along… still at the plotting stage but I’m content to let it simmer. After all, how long did Tolkien take? 😎
Yes I loooooove Avatar!! Last Airbender, right? Have you watched the show?
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Guy’s, GUY’S!! I hath written close to half of my second book!!!!!
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@whalekeeper It feels so good!! I mean, yeah, I wish it had happened sooner, but all in God’s timing!
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Hey, don’t push your worth over a cliff – you wrote half of an entire book. And even if it took a little longer, that might just pay off more! Congrats!! 🥳😎 *Shoves an imaginary truckload of chocolate into your face*
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Oh, plotting is fun! XD
Yep! I’ve probably watched a reaction vid to alsmost every episode, but I haven’t watched the actual show in order. Anyways, I’m reading the cmoics from right after Zuko becomes firelord, it’s kinda funny to see the gaang still messing with him while he’s all dressed fancy like a king 😂
It’s a lot about Zuko and the attempt to find his mom. It’s not as good as the show, but Sokka’s still really funny and only a slight bit more sensible. Iroh’s comic design doesn’t look very good lol, but the rest do. Oh, and there’s more of Zuko’s backstory! It’s super interesting, and I’m assuming they’ll cover it in the coming Avatar movie, because they’re the same age in it.
I think it’s totally fine to not share you’re writing with you’re parents. Afterall, for me writing is a emotional journey that’s just a little to personal for people I know in person to read. I mean, if somebody knew my characters, they would know my fears, ambitions, and confusions about life… I wouldn’t want my parents to know that much 😂 some things are meant to be shared, but I like to think about things by myself most of the time.
Congrats!! 😀
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@whalekeeper Woah, that’s a lot of chocolate 😂😜 Out of curiosity, what are your top 5 most used emojis?
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Thanks, I’m glad it’s at least normal…
"You need French Toast."
That’s great!! It’s so weird, but even though it’s such a huge fandom, I know hardly anyone who actually watches it 😂 I definitely want to read the comics eventually, just haven’t gotten around to it. It would be weird to see slightly different designs for the characters, but at the same time enlightening, I suppose. Lol. Did you know Netflix is making a live-action show, too?
Ooh let’s see
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Aaaaand that should tell you a lot about me 🤣
What about yours?
Yeah! I think there are a lot of things we do, what we think are “weird” or “not normal,” but I promise they’re not that strange.
Preferring to read a book over going to a party, not making friends easily, being quiet and unnoticed – I like to think of it as a common genre of teenagers, that really limit themselves by believing they will never make friends. And I also think that assumption is a shame.
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You probably weren’t asking for an essay here 😂 So ignore this if it doesn’t apply to you.
But I feel passionate about this subject because I went through it before – believing that was my lot, to be the different kid. And I don’t know if you’re going through this right now? But I just need to get this out of my system: you will regret making yourself into something you don’t need to be.
I left an entire year of established relationships between me and other kids, because I had decided I was the weirdo. I was different, and I should sit by myself with a book because that was who I was.
You don’t need to purposefully ignore creating healthy relationships, so you can be more aesthetically bookwormish. You may have introverted tendencies, but that’s not worth avoiding people. You are special! But everyone is, and by deciding what kind of special you are, you put yourself in a trap. And that can lead to regret.
Just a thought.
“Everything is a mountain”
Actually, I have one writer friend who I talk everything charrie out with. If she wasn’t around, I’d be the loniest in our little teen girl friend group at CC.
I’m the one in the group who’s either the loudest or the quiestest, at times I’m just invisible to them, standing almost next to them, and they think I just appeared there when I’ve been there the past ten minutes. One of them calls me magical because of it.
I get what you’re saying. I have friends, but I don’t really know how to really get to know anyone anymore. I know my charries, and the girls I’ve known for ten years, but most new people have to meet me first. It’s who I’ve almost always been.
Idk
"You need French Toast."
❤️😜😂😭😉 AND THAT, should tell you a bit about me 😜❤️😉🤘🏻
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Wait. How could you guys not know each other wrote??? I mean I talk about my writing constantly and my family can’t get me to shut up about it lol
Like seriously that’s all I talk about…
It’s just so weird to me that not everyone talks about writing like I do XD
I don’t think it’s wrong….though I’ve never had that problem because like I said above, I am totally obsessed and it’s the only think I know how to talk about so yeah…
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LEFSE FOREVER!!!!!! <333I get what you’re saying. I have friends, but I don’t really know how to really get to know anyone anymore. I know my charries, and the girls I’ve known for ten years, but most new people have to meet me first. It’s who I’ve almost always been.
Oh that is totally me XD it’s really hard for me to have relationships and idk. I just don’t fit in at my school
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LEFSE FOREVER!!!!!! <333Ah, I go to CC too! It’s great ❤️
It’s okay to be the quiet kid in the group. Every group has a quiet kid, and that doesn’t even mean you have to act that way all the time. But I understand what you mean; I’ve had people call me the group therapist, just because I listen and monitor what everyone’s saying.
I think if you aren’t happy with how they’re perceiving you, start asking yourself what you do and don’t do around them.
My friends have never seen me fangirl over random scraps of paper or kitchen smells for no particular reason, so there’s no reason they would ever imagine me that way. I also don’t pop jokes a lot with them, even though I live for humor in my writing. So they are going to see me as the person I am presenting – a calm, quiet girl with a disturbing smile. Am I okay with that? What am I willing to show?
Maybe they want to know more about you. They just think you are a private person. Are you quiet about your own life? Do you spend more time in your notebook? What kind of things do you talk about?
If you want to make new friends, try summoning up the bravest traits in your personality! Ways you tend to act when you are confident. One great way is to put yourself in a mom friend’s perspective. Is the other person comfortable? Are they nervous? What can you do to make them feel comfortable and loved?
The fear is there, believe me I know. And it is sooooooooo hard to put yourself out there.
Sometimes we can get stuck our brains, thinking, I can never change because this is who I am! Yes, but also, you are so much more than just the quiet kid. You are a complex human being who can be sweet and adorable one day, and murderously creepy the next. There are so many ways you can be yourself!
Aaaaahhhhh…
*pulls out magnifying glass and my super sophisticated inspecting notebook*
What a fascinating individual. Is she really all that surprised about receiving a pile of chocolate? ❤️
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