Back to Writing - Day 1 :|
Hey, you who’s reading this. Nice to see ya here! I finally decided to take matters into my own hands and go back to writing. I have a shameful number of books I started and never finished, and some that I did finish but still need heavy editing. Plus, I really miss writing. The thing is, I have to admit I’m rusty. I genuinely feel like I forgot how to be a writer (yes, after writing and publishing 2 books a couple of years ago). So, today I set up some writing prompts and picked one just to try. I knew it would suck, but I also knew I had to push through and write it anyway. I kid you not when I say that I stared at the screen for several long minutes just trying to figure out how to start. It was supposed to be a 10-minute writing session with a specific theme, and I couldn’t even start the timer because I felt like I needed a plan before typing a single letter. I realized, my friend, that I was just avoiding the discomfort of failing. I kept fooling myself into thinking I had to come up with something creative, that I had to visualize the whole story before starting, but I completely missed the point of the exercise: just freaking write something! I ended up writing something. I hated it, but it was freeing. Because, well, I DID WRITE SOMETHING! That’s just a snippet of the predicament I put myself in today, but I think you get the picture. If you, like me, want to write a book or finish the ones you’ve already started, try adding “write anything for a few minutes” to your daily schedule. Trust me, we’re walking this path slowly but surely. Let’s be honest and accept that we’re not going to jump back in and write a whole book overnight. But commit with me to taking baby steps toward becoming a writer again, okay?
