Post #3569098
2026-06-11 21:40 UTC
#ScribesAndMakers 11: How much you worry about what others think about creative work?
Massively. 95%. Part of schizotypal personality disorder (STPD) is social anxiety, and a core belief that others somehow see I don't fit in, or otherwise think negatively of me.
Doesn't help that a few years ago, someone thought my writing implied predatory behaviour IRL. Um, no - but great way to give me added paranoia! (It led to the diagnosis.)
It's a daily struggle. I'm a work in progress, so to speak.
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@QuasiTemporal@wandering.shop 2026-06-13 02:34
#ScribesAndMakers 12: Something kind about your creativity? That is actually so hard. It's persistent. I'll give it that. A decade of "Time Untied", and I'm still at it, despite several times I could have simply sped to a finish. When personified math didn't take as a serial, I tried it as a webcomic. I started writing one fanfic in 1996 and finished it in 2017 after a 17 year hiatus. Stuff gets done. Eventually.