Shattered...

So, I told my Mum about my film idea and she just went "Oh, that's you're idea for a film? hmm..." and changed the subject.

Thanks for being supportive Mum, way to go. Whoo.

I find this a lot. I mean, my parents are loving people and I wouldn't change them for the world, but I tell them something that actually is meaningful to me, or something revealing about the way I feel and they just shoot it down.

If she didn't like the idea she could've just lied and said "That's nice" or "Sounds great, with a bit more workshopping you may have something".

I find it just shattering.

I remember I had an idea for a book. It was a sort of sci-fi based thing and it was about this guy who gets sucked into this different dimension of mirror through his TV and the evil guy is sucking everyone through so that he can create a huge army and how the good guy tries to save his younger sister from the same fate etc etc etc, and I was really excited because I had had a dream about it the night before. Anyways, I told Mum and she just went "Well if you think that it's good..."

Well of course I think it's good, why would I tell you I want to write a book about it if I didn't?

Anyway, I found it quite discouraging and of course never wrote the book.

I know you'll think well that's not a reason not to go through with it, but when your mother doesn't even support you you kinda think "Well, what's the point".