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What do you do when friends and family let you down [and don't read your work]?
It's my experience that the people around you can be super supportive of you and your avocation, and your successes, but not really interested in what you write. I think it is human nature to not be upfront about not wanting to read your work, and I'm ambivalent on whether to challenge this. I fear it might be me seeking easy praise and that it might put them in a spot because they may worry what to do if they don't like it, or worse that they may be taken as hiding criticism because they know you even if their praise might be genuine.
People are like that. Gotta love them anyway.
I trust the support they give.
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What do you do when friends and family let you down [and don't read your work]?
It's my experience that the people around you can be super supportive of you and your avocation, and your successes, but not really interested in what you write. I think it is human nature to not be upfront about not wanting to read your work, and I'm ambivalent on whether to challenge this. I fear it might be me seeking easy praise and that it might put them in a spot because they may worry what to do if they don't like it, or worse that they may be taken as hiding criticism because they know you even if their praise might be genuine.
People are like that. Gotta love them anyway.
I trust the support they give.
#boostingIsSharing
#writingCommunity #writersOfMastodon