WIP Challenge - Check IN Day 22 - Wednesday

[the_rck]

Poll #16863

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Yesterday and today I

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planned
0 (0.0%)

researched
0 (0.0%)

wrote
1 (20.0%)

sent to beta
0 (0.0%)

edited
1 (20.0%)

posted
0 (0.0%)

rested
1 (20.0%)

did something else
3 (60.0%)

The way I feel about that is

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Mean: 5.20 Median: 5 Std. Dev 1.33

Terrible 1		0 (0.0%)
2		0 (0.0%)
3		1 (20.0%)
4		0 (0.0%)
5		2 (40.0%)
6		1 (20.0%)
7		1 (20.0%)
8		0 (0.0%)
9		0 (0.0%)
Wonderful 10		0 (0.0%)

Do members of your family know that you write fanfic? Have they every expressed interest in seeing your work?

My family knows, in general, and my husband often reads my stuff when it's G or T rated and in a fandom he knows. My daughter thinks writing is super tedious and can't understand why anyone would voluntarily do it. My parents and siblings are completely uninterested. My in-laws kind of vaguely know but have very little concept of what fic is (though my SIL may be getting an idea-- Her thirteen year old has started writing fic, Doctor Who and original fic on Wattpad). I don't go out of my way to talk about it. Mostly, my in-laws know I write Chronicles of Narnia stories because I know they'll approve of Narnia.

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[samuraiter]

My fanficcer status is a closely-guarded secret. My wife knows, since this is how we met, after all, but that's about the extent of it.

[graychalk]

My sister knows, and that's pretty much it. Everyone else in my family only knows that I write but they don't really know what I write nor are they particularly interested either. It's not that I go out of my way to keep it a secret, but they have no idea what fanfic is - and honestly, I doubt they'd understand the point even if I tried to explain.

[linaewen]

My son knows, and as he is also a writer, we help each other work out our ideas. He also reads my stuff when he has time. My hubby knows but isn't interested in reading anything, though he'll listen if I start talking about it. He has some interest in the fandom, so he's not totally clueless, and would probably read something if I needed him to give an opinion or help with a plot point that he knows something about.