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(The challenge with trying to make everyone happy is that it’s impossible. You’re inevitably going to make someone upset and sacrifice your own state of mind. I tried this many times in life and it always bit me in the face.)
I hear you
I hear all of you
Your requests
Bombarding me
Making me feel needed
Yet testing my limits
How long before I deny
Before I say no
Before I break
The time has come
Exhaustion has set in
With no respite
The flood gets stronger
More requests
More directions to be pulled
Very few ease off
Many continue to push
Then the inevitable
I miss a step
Following a misdirection
Created in my mind
Even if recovered flawlessly
I receive blame
Which I accept
And an unnecessary strike
A verbal sting
As if I never listen
I always listen
I always obey
But
I cannot always accomplish
When pulled
Beyond my limits
I hear you
I hear all of you
Legends of Windemere 
This sounds like a can’t-win situation.
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Most definitely.
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Sounds like Bad Guys Close In (Snyder’s Beat Sheet). Set to life! A gang up on you, Charles! Yikes! 😳🫨
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Never heard of that. What is it?
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It’s a novel 15 beats to write a book. Where things should happen. It tells you approximately the number of pages to each beat. For example: In 320 pages, BAD GUYS CLOSE IN is 77 pages (close to 13 chapters). It’s just before ALL IS LOST, which speaks for itself. I’m a plotter, not a pantser. 📚🎶
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That’s interesting. Not sure I could follow that kind of system though. I plan stuff, but I follow whatever rhythm feels natural to my characters.
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Maybe, after writing a few more books, like you, the rhythm of the characters will keep me going. Right now, in the sequel, if the MIDPOINT fails, on page 160, to accomplish what readers expect, I’ve lost them! 😳 It helps me to focus on the scenes to get there and after. 📚🎶
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I have been in a relationship that you describe. I walked.
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Smart move.
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I was more of a people pleaser and didn’t realize it even when I was in my early 20s. I wished more people would’ve identified that back then, so I would’ve changed sooner. Sometimes it felt like I wasn’t supposed to have an opinion around certain people.
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There are many who set out to prevent opposing opinions. Think they’re called narcissists.
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Narceholes!
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Sounds like narwhals who are jerks. Still works for these people.
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We need to create our own dictionary
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What do we call it?
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The fiction-ary. Not real words but who cares.
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I like it. 🙂
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Now we need to start working on “A”
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No disagreements there. I wish I would’ve picked up on that when I was younger. This may explain why I have very strong opinions and stances on certain things after being silenced for so long. I feel recently, I’ve been even caustic about some of those thoughts to vent when I know what I’m talking about. Some of that happened a few times with my current project on one of my blogs.
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I can’t imagine how we can recognize these types of people when we’re younger. I remember being warned about them, but it always takes me too long to recognize the signs. Narcissists tend to be friendly and maybe even turn into the type of person we want to hang out with. Kind of like angler fish or alligator snapping turtles.
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I’ve felt the same way assuming if anyone told me about the red flags at all. That’s a great metaphor because some of the biggest narcissists I knew seemed like true blue friends at first until they leeched from me and made me feel bad. It’s crazy how they do it because I wouldn’t be deceptive to anyone to try and gain their trust. Personally, I’m not a good liar any way and people can read that on my face, so I would rather not say anything. It blows my mind how people get away with lies and gaslighting.
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