Worst comments by friends on you being a writer

[Paul]

"I should probably write some stuff like you do."

[Rebecca]

Paul wrote: ""I should probably write some stuff like you do.""

Yeah, love that "I could write a novel, if I just sat down and did it."

Uh-huh.

[Paul]

Rebecca wrote: "Paul wrote: ""I should probably write some stuff like you do.""

Yeah, love that "I could write a novel, if I just sat down and did it."

Uh-huh."
I have been waiting with bated breath for their opus, which probably explains the dizzy spells.........

[Rebecca]

Paul wrote: "Rebecca wrote: "Paul wrote: ""I should probably write some stuff like you do.""

Yeah, love that "I could write a novel, if I just sat down and did it."

Uh-huh."
I have been waiting with bated br..."

Yeah. I mean, I know it's important to get my butt in the chair and work if I'm to have a novel. But I swear some people think that ALL you have to do is put your butt in the chair.

[Sam]

"Yeah, well I can write and publish a book too."

[Andrew]

"Why do you bother? Nobody reads books anymore." (insert cringe here)

[Val]

"So now you write books... Do you think you are smarter than the others?"

[Jay]

An odd corollary to such comments as those posted above: Has anyone else had the experience of suffering a less-than-favorable comment, then had the person commenting later ask for your assistance in writing a letter, report, term paper, etc.

[Andrew]

Jay wrote: "An odd corollary to such comments as those posted above: Has anyone else had the experience of suffering a less-than-favorable comment, then had the person commenting later ask for your assistance ..." Yes, and it makes me smile :)

[Marcia]

I haven't had any comments, but if I ever had any and they were negative or ironic, I would take no notice of them anyway...