Okay, I am the first to admit I have utterly let myself down with this site. Even I am shocked at just how long it has been since I wrote anything.
One of the major hurdles I’m working on with these sites of mine is the very simple, bottom of them all, skill: writing. I, like many others I’m sure, just never get the “urge” to write. The main problem, of course, is practice. Writing isn’t something that just comes to a person naturally. Many learn to do it and gain the habit through school. Other, like myself, build a dislike towards it (others more harshly) and tries everything to get away from it.
I have been working on trying to get my writing back up to par again. The fact of the matter is, I need to write. I use to be quite creative and during a small 1 month spurt where I did write daily, I was able to feel the creative juices flowing again.
As I stated before, practice makes perfect. And what’s the best way to practice? Doing. Writing every day, even when you do not feel like writing. This has been my bigger hurdles. Not only do I not “feel” like writing, I always wait until the last minute of the day when I am too exhausted to even think. It turns into a bed vs sitting at my desk writing.
Write daily.
That is what needs to be done. Do it before the end of the day, before you have already committed yourself to closure and before you get committed to another project. The key to writing is writing. It doesn’t matter what your write, all that it matters is you are writing. Even if you have to write an entire page full of “I hate writing…I hate writing…this sucks…what do I need to say.” All that matters is you are writing. Eventually, more ideas will start surfacing. I can vouch for this from past experiences.
Write when you do not feel like it; write when you do. Write in your sleep (okay, maybe that won’t work, but eh).
Writing has been my biggest hurdle. I am writing this post to pass on my knowledge in what I’ve learned in the past weeks and to write.
