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I know this is a really late reply, but I've turned a corner on this idea of putting myself out there, so I feel like sharing.

I don't know if taking yourself out of your writing is the best solution; taking time would be my suggestion. Time will tell why you write fiction. I think it's possible that you write it for yourself, your own enjoyment. You're certainly not ready to make your millions on it yet, anyway. ;-)

It seems like I've finally reached a stage where I can put myself out there (admittedly, just in some short stories so far) and take the criticism at face value. I'm not here because I took myself out of it (just the opposite); I think it has more to do with truly meaning it when I tell myself to "s**t or get off the pot."

Of course, having said that, I find that I enjoy knowing that people are reading my stuff just as much as I love writing it... Maybe I'm becoming an exhibitionist, not a writer... Oh well, whatever I'm going to be, I'm on my way now.

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After all, we write for other people to read, don't we?

Oh, and it's never too late to reply - that's what the "Most Recent Comments" box on the right, down near the bottom is for. New comments, regardless of the age of the story, are listed there.

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But I have a feeling that some people would write, even if it was just in the sand with their finger, to be washed away with the tide each night. The first stuff that I wrote wasn't very good, but it was certainly cathartic. That isn't why I write these days, but I bet some writers spend their whole life purging... Or maybe that's just the romanticist in me.

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