I wrote the table's pre-campaign backstory and the DM barely acknowledged and dismissed it
This is a post just to vent. As the title says: We are about to start a campaign. It's a short story original by the DM. We already have another table with him and its cool, he's great. Stern but fair and usually notice details about characters and decisions. But in this new table, with other people, he seems different. Very strict and rigid. Anyway we were supposed to be beginning at level 5 and he asked characters backstory, previous adventures, and explanation as to how we were a party and why we had experience. Last week the players (we) had a call and we agreed on relations, personalities and shared experiences. I like writing a little and so offered to put all that on paper. I made a big effort. We're understaffed at the moment on my job, im on a couple of seminars and overall I'm exhausted and mentally overloaded, but still I found time and energy and wrote.
Last night the DM reaction was "ok... This is all? That won't be enough for a level 5, all of you didn't take the chance i offered so you'll be starting with less level".
Honestly I was pissed. I get that maybe we didn't kill a dragon, but the adventures and background were funny. The characters took down a stone giant, a whole group of bandits, saved a town, helped one of the party with his tabern, resolved the mystery about dissaperances on a mansion and county, took down a necromancer with N number of skeletons, and with interactions and cool stuff happening between them. The reaction was so... Flat. Very jarring and underwhelming.
So yeah :( Not having the best vibes atm towards this new campaign.
Edit: thank you for your comments guys. This is the first time i have so many reactions. I wrote to my DM, who's also my friend, a while ago and told him I was sad and disappointed by the reception of the effort. I wrote but the adventures were planned together by all of us players. He apolgized, acknowledged the effort and content, and said he was frustrated because he couldn't communicate clearly that we needed several milestones and reputation so his story could work. So he will have to make several adjustments because our characters will be starting with lower level. So we cleared the air and hopefully it will be a great campaign :)