"Rainydayz179;14909909" wrote:
*Sits down on the bench*
I keep typing things out and then deleting them. I'm not sure how to explain. What I want to know is if anyone else builds up things in their heads... and then gets terribly discouraged when nobody else shares your enthusiasm?
I always seem to do this to myself. I'll get so excited about a new story or a post that I worked really hard on or in this case the end of the first generation of my legacy. Then when I don't get a response or not the response I had expected I get discouraged and depressed.
Any advice is welcome if you think of anything but mostly I just feel like I'm the only one that does this.
I think @MedleyMisty and @InfraGreen (and really everyone because I wrote this and then read through more responses and should've read all the way through) answered this really well. I get discouraged too when no one seems to be noticing my Sims or caring about them the way I do. I wonder if I'm doing it wrong or if my voice is just floating away into the chaotic traffic of the world wide web. I try to remind myself that this is something I love and enjoy doing. W
ould I do it if no one read? Yes because I wrote for over a year before I got my first comment. One of the things I do is write post-it notes of encouragement to myself, reminding myself why I write, and then I stick this near my computer.
@CathyTea shared a fabulous article awhile back in another forums thread written by Tara Mohr and I highlighted and made a sticky note of this quote to help me when I'm feeling discouraged:
The reason to write is because you're a woman who loves to write.
(Substitute man if you're a male reading this.)
I think I've come to realize no one will love Kass the way I do because she's my creation, my baby. But others can come to appreciate her and connect with her, and that is my hope. In the meantime, hang in there. Like someone else said, just because people don't comment doesn't mean they aren't reading/appreciating.
