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Right now, I feel like honestly giving you all the hugs.
This. I am so sorry for you Junely I got crap when I was younger, but that was mostly to do with people not wanting to hang out with me ect cause I was a smart arse know it all. Everything was fine after we got past 10th grade anyway.
I've seen two ways of doing things. The first way is the loner way, and it works. The other way I've seen is to be so totally up front about it that you own it and the people bullying you just look like weak pathetic jerks.This I agree with. Luckily for me I didn't talk to many people too often so I was able to pretty effectively hide most of the stuff about myself that would have gotten me the most crap.
It's also the reason I didn't come out as gay the moment I knew I was. They would have kicked the living crap out of me endlessly for that. For that and for so many other things about me. With the gift of hindsight I'm able to realise I was a bloody weird kid.
So I guess being a loner has advantages in certain situations. Still, I'm always stuck with the thought that if I didn't get my self-esteem roundly demolished for 5 whole years, I'd probably be a better person than I am today. *sigh* The things that could have been...
I had one friend who did that. It probably also helped that he was 6ft 3 inches, but he just breezed through his coming out by saying "duh. You're idiots for not realising it earlier."
He's done well for himself too. I'm sure there were issues there, but never big ones.
It's never too late to work on your self-esteem. Now is as good a time as any.
Says who? Is there a rule somewhere? Are you only a writer if you're a bestseller, like Stephen King or J.K. Rowling? Are you only a writer if you're published, Gina? Or are you a writer when you write?
You're a writer because you're writing. Whether you're just learning the ropes, or you've sold a million copies, you're still putting words on paper and learning and honing your art, just like the rest of us.
This, but I would also add that even if you're not writing, you're still a story teller. And that's just as awesome
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