New life purpose

Lately, I have been noticing this strange phenomenon in our lives: people are trying to give us orders. Yes, as you read it, people are trying to tell us what we should do, rather what they want us to do. It is something that started happening as we advanced in the book, when we had about 10 chapters ready. Of course, it might be our very own fault in some way, considering that we were the ones that allowed some “lucky” friends to read those first chapters. At the time we really had no idea that they were gonna like the story so much. You may be thinking that that is a really good thing: your book is meeting a good reception in your small readers community. What else can you wish for when you decided to become a writer? And yes, you are all right, that’s an amazing thing, but it was also the beginning of all our troubles: that was the moment when people started telling us to go home and write instead of going out for a beer. And not happy with just that, they also started asking when the next chapter was due and nagging us to write, even suggesting a different path for the story. So far they haven’t fully succeeded (although a couple of new scenes and a few minor changes might disagree with that), but if they continue to insist, we might be leaving our social lives behind. And that could mean disaster, since it's surrounded by people and scribbling notes on paper napkins where we get our best ideas!