Writer's Block

Writer's Block

Do you behave differently online than you do in real life?

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[info]blondein2ways Writer's Block: Divided Self
Fo sho.

It is easier to really express yourslef online. It's also easier to be social. Especially on  elljay because no one I personally know is on here. I know no one will read this, and randomly
 
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[info]midnightokami Writer's Block: Divided Self
Oh hell yes!! On the internet I try to be social as I can and in real life its different. Most of the time I'm just the lonely kids some times, I'm fun to talk to it just that people don't releized it
 
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[info]xcutelilemoboyx Writer's Block: Divided Self
yeah its easy to express yourself online but over all i act like myself.
 
Corpse Bride
[info]becksreid72 Writer's Block: Divided Self
Hell yes. I don't really want to admit this, but in real life I'm a mousy little wallflower. Well, at least around people I don't know. Here? Not so much. Here I have proudly stolen the titl
 
[info]living_me1943 Writer's Block: Divided Self
To quote from Alain de  Botton's "Consolations of Philosophy": "Another consolation for accusations of abnormality is friendship, a friend being, among other things, someone kind e
 
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[info]crystalviolet45 Writer's Block: Divided Self
Yes I do behave differently online. I am not as shy as I am in person. I tend to be more bold and confident. I wish I could be that way in person as well though.
 
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[info]lustschmerz Schreibhemmung
Yes. I'm calmer and more thoughtful online. That's the big advantage when you're communicating through writing. You can alwas read what you just wrote before pressing the "send" button. I th
 
[info]uglymuffinlove Writer's Block: Divided Self
Oh most definately.
I become a totally different person.
I don't lie,
Not always anyway.
But I do act differently,
More open,
More complex,
Often more truthful than not.
 
Pale blue sky
[info]pale_blue_sky Writer's Block: Divided Self
Behaviour and language-wise, I'm me, all the time, whether in the real or virtual world!

The only difference is in what I choose to say.  Online, because there's a whole lot more anonymity, I
 
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[info]jadeeetayyylor Writer's Block: Divided Self
kind of yes and no. mostly no. online, no one can tell that im really a confused, lost, blonde person that everybody makes fun of. but im still me .... kind of .... online, only without the blonde c
 
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[info]vam_phire Writer's Block: Divided Self
dude i think so....... im a crazy person on and offline so i suppose....hmmm good question!!!! I know im honest. so....yeah?
 
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[info]rednoodlealien Writer's Block: Divided Self

Someone a long time ago told me I used a lot fewer exclamation points in real life.
 
BMW@roys
[info]cozzene Writer's Block: Divided Self
No.  I've always been told by people who knew me online before meeting me in person that I really let my true self come through in my writings.

 
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[info]rm Writer's Block: Divided Self


I'm much goofier in person, although when I am severe, I'm sort of even more so than I am here. The big convoluted sentences though? Just that in RL. I really do function in paragraphs.

Also, appare
 

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