When Your Family Doesn’t Support Your Writing
Great thoughts about when you aren’t supported by friends and family
Excuse me if this post gets a little rant-ish. Maybe you’ll relate to this, maybe you won’t. Maybe your family and friends are your personal cheerleaders. Or maybe your family told you to stop playing with your imaginary friends and get a job. Or maybe your family is like mine and happily supported you back when everyone thought you’d make it big, land a million-dollar publishing contract, and get a movie deal, but fell out of love with your writing once they realized that wasn’t going to happen.
Lack of support. This is a very painful topic, but it’s one I think it’s important to discuss. Writing is largely a solitary endeavor, often undertaken by introverts. But even though we’re introverts and we’ve decided to travel the often lonely path of the writer, we’re still human beings. We crave love, acceptance, and acknowledgement. We crave community, and who better to…
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May 21, 2014 at 6:14 PM
Thank you for reblogging my post, Armand. You’ve got a great blog here!
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May 21, 2014 at 6:22 PM
Thanks, Tricia… glad I found yours! Great post!
Armand
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June 11, 2014 at 4:14 PM
Thanks for visiting my blog, Armand. If you hadn’t, I would not have seen Tricia’s post. I’m going to read the rest of it now as it’s a topic close to my heart.
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