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Originally Posted by 12PM
I am sorry you have to go through this, hope you feel better after you talked here  Having unsupportive parents must be hard too. Our own parents shouldn’t mocking us, no matter how “weird” we are. If your parents mocked you then shame on them.
For me anything you said doesn’t sound stupid at all, and you are obviously not stupid, you are still in school but you understand Tolstoy and Kafka. As for your writing is not as good as them, first I say that those men you mentioned set the bar high for everyone. I am an aspiring writer and reading their books makes me feel like I should only write for a cheap celebrity gossip magazine, I have no talent at all infront of those great men. Second, I believe you know that Tolstoy’s teachers described him as "both unable and unwilling to learn” when he was still in school. If he gave up back then, we wouldn’t hear about his name now. Keep on reading, keep on writing, keep on doing things that you like even though it’s only work as distraction, and please keep on living.
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That's the first time I have ever heard someone support me with writing. Reading and writing are my only escape now. But I look at my writing and compare it to their works and see just faliure. I once wrote a short story that was about 70 pages. I read through it but it was just terrible. I hated it so much I deleted it all! I still write very short storys or poems. But they're moslty for me to help vent out my emotions of anger or sadness or just complete despair. Because those are the feelings I have felt the most these past few years.
BTW, I just looked at your profile, 12PM. I am sorry you suffer from so much. In comparison to me my problems
are stupid.