Advice?????

ok. i want to write books and storys but i am afraid of what my friends would think i am young but i love writing at school. should i be writing in secret because i have recently started writing a story, just for my enjoyment. please help :DAdvice?????
My friends knew I wrote, but I rarely shared. Now that I'm an adult, I developed my own writer's group and published some stuff on the Internet. I think the answer to your question depends entirely on how sensitive you are. You might find criticisms a bit harsh at your age. There's nothing wrong with hiding writing. Teens hide journals all the time. ;-)


See if your area has a writer's group you could join, or maybe ask around to see if there are other kids that enjoy writing like you.Advice?????
There is no need to do that in secret. Write something that you think is really good and then share it with your friends...then when they tell you how great it is, you will have a big confidence boost :)
Keeping it secret is only acceptable if you really wish to feel bound to your friends' opinions. When I began to write seriously it was the greatest thing that ever happened to me. I finally distinguished out of the mass who my real friends were, those who supported me and understood who and what I was. You should feel free to write whenever you want, whatever you want, without feeling the least affected and dictated by other external influences, even if they' re those of friends, because they are not really your friends if they dump you due to your happiness in something their puny intelligence can' t begin to comprehend.
There is no reason to keep your writing in secret because it's something you enjoy doing but if your friends don't encourage they might not even be your true friends.
it doesn't matter what ur friends think u must do what u want to do and there is absolutely nothing wrong with writing books. it's something u like to do and something u're interested in and if they really r ur friends they should support u and not judge u becoz u like something they dont. if they do judge then they dont deserve to be called ur friends.
I always kept my writing secret at school because my 'friends' always used to find a way to take the mickey out of whatever I did. Even ten years on I still have a hard time sharing my work with anyone; it seems way too personal and I'm afraid of people judging me by what I write. But I really wish I wasn't like that; I want to be able to let people read it so they can give me their opinions.





So my advice is to try not to be secretive about it - be proud of it. But if you WANT it to be secret don't worry; I think quite a few writers prefer it that way, to start off with at least. Do what feels right for you. Good luck! x
Back in the good old days - I used to write in school all the time. I mean, all the time. I would fill up whole notebooks when writing. My friend's knew I was writing - they mostly found it to be intriguing and asked to read, but I never did allow them too. Because your work is apart of you - and once you share it - it feels like you lost some of that.





But I would say do what makes you feel comfortable - because that's when your best writing will come to you. If you're OK with writing not in private - then do so.





Cheers.
MOKEY, WHOSE FEELINGS WERE HURT


by Louise Gikow





Mokey, a Fraggle who can be quite proud


Of her poems, was hurt when the crowd laughed aloud.


She would give up on writing forever, she said,


And she hid all her poetry under the bed.


But Mokey grew sad, for she did love to write.


So she took out her pen, and she wrote through the night.


It's nice to have friends who will praise you, it's true,


But it's better to know that YOU like what you do!





(From a set of books called Fraggle Fables that my daughter loved when she was little.)