Need Thicker Skin
Jan. 15th, 2014 06:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mayalaenThis last year was very busy with changing jobs, the tattoo shop, RL shit that gets in the way, etc. In the last few months I've not only had to become a more social and outgoing person because of the shop, but I also feel more social and outgoing than I have in a long time.
I've also realized there are things I want to do that I've always allowed other people to hold me back from. Case in point being writing.
Nearly 10 years ago I posted a very short fic on another site. I should've been more careful where I posted such things because it was a domestic discipline fic. People aren't always kind, and while I did get one nice review, most of what I got was bad.
I allowed it to keep me from writing for a long time. I also allowed it to keep me from posting what I did write in the last 10 years.
I have very thin skin when it comes to criticism about my writing. I don't care much about what people think of me IRL and in other situations, but with writing it feels like you've taken a chunk of your soul and handed it to another person. It's personal.
I really respect writers who can take shit from critics and either ignore it or say "fuck them" and just keep going, giving more attention to the people who like what they do.
I wish I could be like that, and I really want to work at it. I've recently posted my first fic in 10 years under my name. I've posted four other fics in the last few weeks anonymously.
I don't want to let people keep me from writing, keep me from posting. I want to let negative criticism roll off my back, and even though I know that's not going to happen, I'm going to give this a shot.
~Maya
I've also realized there are things I want to do that I've always allowed other people to hold me back from. Case in point being writing.
Nearly 10 years ago I posted a very short fic on another site. I should've been more careful where I posted such things because it was a domestic discipline fic. People aren't always kind, and while I did get one nice review, most of what I got was bad.
I allowed it to keep me from writing for a long time. I also allowed it to keep me from posting what I did write in the last 10 years.
I have very thin skin when it comes to criticism about my writing. I don't care much about what people think of me IRL and in other situations, but with writing it feels like you've taken a chunk of your soul and handed it to another person. It's personal.
I really respect writers who can take shit from critics and either ignore it or say "fuck them" and just keep going, giving more attention to the people who like what they do.
I wish I could be like that, and I really want to work at it. I've recently posted my first fic in 10 years under my name. I've posted four other fics in the last few weeks anonymously.
I don't want to let people keep me from writing, keep me from posting. I want to let negative criticism roll off my back, and even though I know that's not going to happen, I'm going to give this a shot.
~Maya
