Yeah. The active hour in here ir pretty much the time I'm either asleep or at school, around 5 to 9 AM. Thanks a lot, guys ;_;
I back up my text files (they're all in rtf form) to my MP3 player. I don't really need lots and lots of back-up storage space, because I practically only ever back up my texts and nothing more. I did have a fancy USB flash drive, but it kind of 'sploded. It just completely ceased to respond to anything I tried to do to it, including moving the files stored in it. So, uh, yeah, that kind of destroyed my trust for that kind of devices. Not that MP3 players don't break, but...
That aside, I loved to break floppy disks to pieces when I was a kid. I'd break the plastic cover and play with the actual floppy inside it... Oh, those were good times. I would break only already broken ones, though. We had tons of them lying around, both broken and working ones. They're called "korppu" in Finnish. Essentially, that means a dry, thick bisquit. Kind of the opposite of "floppy", wouldn't you say?
Shrike Flamestar said:
Alternatively, you could just not worry about your parents seeing what you write. I mean, in my case I do want to keep my parents from seeing half of what I write, but the half that's actually posted here I wouldn't mind too much if they saw. They probably wouldn't get it, but I doubt they'd think less of me or anything. My mom's actually pressured me before to let her read my writing...
Yeah... It's not that bad if they see what you write, right? I wouldn't mind even if my parents read everything I've ever written. Sometimes I force them to read some of my work so that I can get opinions on it, but they're terrible when it comes to criticizing. They have no problems with criticizing me if I get a bad grade in math, but when I ask for their opinions on my writing, they go "Ooh! I like it!" and that's it. They both write themselves, so you'd think they'd have even a few words to share... But no, all the suggestions they ever give me are related to my bedtimes and school grades. Super.
When it comes to fanfiction, though, they simply wouldn't get it. So, I don't bother making them read it. They know I write it, though, and think I'm weird for it :laugh: Well, everyone in our family is weird, one way or another. Maybe that's why I don't think it's a bad thing for my parents to see what I write. Also, I can always be sure they approve of my stories...
If I hadn't undergone this epiphany a couple months back and realized that reviews are overrated, I'd probably have lost my will to live write by now.
Reviews ARE overrated. At least the "ur good keep writin" ones. I don't know if I'm a masochist or something, but I seriously prefer reviews that are half negative and half positive. I enjoy being criticized, because that makes me think. Those reviews are rare, though, so overall, reviews are humongously overrated! And this has nothing to do with me being rarely reviewed. Noo, nope, nuh-uh!
I have lost my will to write, though. It has nothing to do with reviews. I'm hoping it'll come back to me soon-ish. What should I do?