rothniel
Active member
Hello all.
Am I in the right place? I had a traumatic experience in my sophomore year of high school where I accidentally spent twenty minutes in a senior English class. Not that that has anything to do with anything, but no matter.
My name is Derek. I'll be twenty-eight in less than a week. I'm an introvert by nature, but because my secret super power is mimickry, I can (at great cost to my energy level) act like an extrovert when it suits me.
I've always felt lonely, or more accurately, alone. I hesitate to talk about it because it makes me sound angsty. I should have given up the right to complain that "no one gets me" after I left my teens behind. But it hasn't changed.
I spend far too much time pretending I'm not nearly as sensitive as I am, and perhaps too much time analyzing life. I feel at times that my head is so heavy that my neck will snap under the weight of all these thoughts.
I tend to be a little self-absorbed, but not selfish, if that makes sense. That's probably why I chose to be a writer. In my personal relationships, I find that I always play the part of listener, because I'm good at it. I'm not so good at being the teller.
How the devil long should this intro be? I should probably cut myself off before I try to compose a very boring novel.
Am I in the right place? I had a traumatic experience in my sophomore year of high school where I accidentally spent twenty minutes in a senior English class. Not that that has anything to do with anything, but no matter.
My name is Derek. I'll be twenty-eight in less than a week. I'm an introvert by nature, but because my secret super power is mimickry, I can (at great cost to my energy level) act like an extrovert when it suits me.
I've always felt lonely, or more accurately, alone. I hesitate to talk about it because it makes me sound angsty. I should have given up the right to complain that "no one gets me" after I left my teens behind. But it hasn't changed.
I spend far too much time pretending I'm not nearly as sensitive as I am, and perhaps too much time analyzing life. I feel at times that my head is so heavy that my neck will snap under the weight of all these thoughts.
I tend to be a little self-absorbed, but not selfish, if that makes sense. That's probably why I chose to be a writer. In my personal relationships, I find that I always play the part of listener, because I'm good at it. I'm not so good at being the teller.
How the devil long should this intro be? I should probably cut myself off before I try to compose a very boring novel.
