100 Things Challenge (#1): A Chrysalis Is a Solitary Place (or How a Writer Is Born)

[dawn_felagund]

I've decided to take the 100 Things challenge. (Just what I need! Something else to add to my to-do list! Luckily I have forever to finish it, which those of you waiting for me to finish things can all attest is about how long it usually takes.)

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[spiced_wine]

I also become hyper-cognizant when people interrupt or talk over me or don't listen; I assume that means they're not interested when I'm probably reading too much into it. I avoid those people.

I know exactly what you mean. I watch and listen very closely to see if they seem bored, and I immediately go quiet. Of course some people have no manners and will talk over every-one, but that's rather different.

I have a lot of acquaintances rather than close friends, and partly that is because I have always been quite content with what was going on in my head, and that was my company.

Although it is my pet theory that insecurity tends to lead to better writers than confidence. At least, the really good writers I know tend to be insecure and constantly comparing themselves to others; the really awful writers I've known are the ones who are sure they're destined to be bestsellers. ;)

I would say the same. Also people puffing off about how good they are tends to set peoples backs up, and so they're likely to be more critical in their reading, so it's rather shooting themselves in the foot, I think. It's an entirely different matter to have worked hard on something and be satisfied with it, but I've read entirely too much smug, self-congratulatory preening, and never from any-one with talent as a writer. The best writers tend to talk about their love for writing, not their love for their own work d;-)