Sir Iarrthoir Criost wrote:
I have never had to deal with negative people (just negative monkeys
). I do have a thought though, about two or three years ago I started learning harmless magic, I loved it, too much. All my spare time I took to learn more, I hardly ever spent time with my family except for at dinner and then one day my father talked to me about how much time I spent doing it and his opinion on me learning magic. So I quit. Now I have so much more time with my family!
This is just a rough example but what I'm trying to get at is that we don't have to quit writing but if some (such as a parent or sibling or friend) talks negatively about how much time your writing, it might be a good idea to slow down and spend time with people while you still can.
Sorry, I think I took this quote for a spin!
I think you have a good point, Sir I.... In striving to be good writers we can't forget about being good other things too, like good friends, and good sons or daughters, and good christians. I think the quote needs to be tempered a bit – some negativity may be necessary to realize your correct priorities, even if it's uncomfortable.
And the quote does have a good point... negativity about your work and such has a bad effect on it, and on motivation to do it. Even if you do just brush it off as best you can.
Sometimes, if it's your family, like, you can't really avoid them, though. I think the best solution would be just to avoid talking about it with them a lot.
I haven't had this problem much, though.
My family are very supportive of my writing, everyone in their own way, and most of my friends are too, even those who aren't writers themselves.
