📝 It’s normal and understandable to want your writing to be read.

📝 It’s normal and understandable to want a see a response from the people who read your writing.

📝 It’s normal and understandable to be motivated to write by a positive response to your writing.

📝 It’s normal and understandable to be disappointed when your writing doesn’t receive a response.

📝 It’s normal and understandable to be discouraged from writing something when you don’t get a response.

📝 However, you are not owed a response to your writing, and it is not okay to demand one from people.

📝 If you are disappointed by a lack of response to your a story, consider taking a break from writing that work until you are more self-motivated to continue it.

📝 Try cultivating a friend-group where you can share your writing with one another directly and respond to it instead of waiting for outside response.