Great advice for the struggling extrovert! Thanks 🙂

Nag, nag, nag...

Another good thought. (Loving this discussion Laura.) What you said :I get in trouble because I don’t want to be a spectator. I want to engage(!). - rings so true for me in reverse. As an introvert I have to really work at not being a spectator, describing what my characters are doing from my chair across the room (Otherwise known as *telling* ouch!) One way I handle it is to transpose my third person ms into first for an edit and I find the characters really come to life.

I think you are right Billy that extroverts probably start writing in public and for public consumption much earlier. I thought of the germ of my first story about twenty years before I wrote it. At the time I thought, what do I have to say that would inform anyone? Not that I ever lacked confidence in life. I could always do things, really anything I put my mind to, but I guess in my thirties I didn't have confidence in my ideas. But an extrovert might have just put it out there anyway. 🙂

Yes, Ruth Ann, I've come to the conclusion that neither side is for wimps!

But I can see how hard it would be for an extrovert. I imagine one of the hardest goals for them is to sit down and write instead of going online to engage with others.

I enjoyed reading this post and seeing things from the extrovert's side. 😀

I know, Sharla, you're a wonderful mix of the two! I'm such an extrovert, that I can't understand the worry you feel about putting yourself out there. I know it's hard for you, though.
Sigh. It's not easy on either side, is it?

But you have to admit, Phyllis, after reading the above, that it's not all cupcakes and fuzzy puppies on our side, either!

Oh Kaye, today's cyber-world works to your advantage...writers are traveling for signings, etc less and less nowadays. Only the biggies (King, Rowling, etc.) do that. Hey if that would be your worst problem, right?! Write on!