So, for pretty much ten years of my writing life, nobody had ever really shown much interest in my writing from the "real world". I suppose I am quite shy about it; I don't openly tell people I write poetry (I get embarrassed) or fiction. I don't know why. Mostly because people don't ask about it. See the paradox?
Anyway, today, my girlfriend told me she felt like she was missing out on a whole important part of my life. I suppose, in a way, she has been. She wants to be involved now. She wants to read what I write, help me look for places to get published (in magazines and such) and just support me towards writing a novel finally. It felt strange to see someone actually care about it.
And, then, to top it off, just half an hour ago, my Mum was telling me how similar I was to my cousin, about a year younger than me, who also writes a lot. Apparently he gave a 40,000 word story to his mum and sent it off to our gran as well. Of course, this made me feel inferior, since I've never shown my parents anything.
So now my parents said they'd like to see my stuff, and always have done, but just didn't want to press me into doing anything I didn't want to do. I'm not sure what to do yet, I think I'll be really embarrassed the first time. I might just find my best stuff, and give that to them, to make a good impression. My Gran? I doubt it. I hardly ever talk to her.
But, yeah, it was all very strange. Especially on exactly the same day.
Suddenly, though, I have a urge to write and produce things now. Perhaps it will spur me on knowing people will support me in the real world, rather than people from across the oceans I've never met before?
So what about the rest of you? Do lots of people in the "real world" know you write, do you advertise the fact, and do you show your work to your parents or friends?
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