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Getting Unstuck
I have said many times before that I don’t get writer’s block. No, I just have days where anything I type turns magically into crap right before my eyes and no matter how much I beat it with a stick, it still is not that great.
There are days when I can write article after article and post after post. Unfortunately, about the biggest chunk of time I get to do this stuff is two or three hours and if I want that, I have to wait for the weekend.
I know if I write long enough, my pen or keyboard eventually gets tired of the forced words that are going through it and straightens them. But today is one of the days that I had nothing prepared. I had nothing written out from the night before. I have my lists of article ideas that I write when I am on a roll, but even those don’t spark anything.
So I am typing and giving voice to this damn thing that tries to bring my schedule down. For it will not win. I have to treat myself like a toddler sometimes because that’s the way my mind acts. I have often wondered if I should leak this to my kids, but to tell you the truth, I don’t see much difference between myself now and myself as a kid. I know more. I still want to do things I want to. I am still petty at times. That list can go on.
But when I was a kid, I thought adults had it together. I thought that one day out of the blue, I would be an adult and everything would fall into line. If kids only know this isn’t true. It’s just as freaking confusing here. We call them bigger issues because we are bigger people, but that doesn’t mean they are.
"You have to do your homework." I know I need to change the furnace filter, call back the refinance people, answer a few emails. But I don’t want to. I will eventually, but that feeling is the same. So, in essence, I am a big hypocrite.
And maybe a post where I call myself a lazy idiot may give me the motivation to be more prepared tomorrow. Maybe it won’t. Some days are good and some days are bad. I can’t change that. But I can fake it until I make and sometimes that’s all I need to do. Ignore the issues and start by habit. That’s why good habits are good. Writer’s block defeated by moving fingers on a keyboard.
Thanks for tuning into my rant. I promise better posts in the future.
8 Responses to Getting Unstuck
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Stephan,
Sometimes you need to kick yourself to get a great story out. I constantly find myself writing crap, but the next day I just end up tidying it up and posting it. Surprisingly people email me to say how good it was and post a comment – we are all our own worst critics!
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I guess that everybody gets the writer’s block period in his life… but you have to find yourself and get back on the horses!
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It seems harder to break this sometimes as I am getting more traffic now. Always second guessing myself. My best posts happen when I don’t care about what turns out.
I tell myself that, but it’s hard to forget the audience sometimes.
Coming up with good ideas is tough. The harder your try the suckier the idea it seems. I got Dugg last year on the first worthy article I wrote and it came to me as a surprise. Keep up the good work!
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in an interview of bob dylan sometime 3 years ago, he was asked if he could write the same materials now as he did before, and he said “NO”. he explained that the words he wrote then weren’t something he came up with or thought of, but just came to him right there and then and wrote it down. i think that’s what most writer’s are aiming for–that moment where words just come out of nowhere into your head without thinking and before you know, you’ve written a whole page. thinking is stressful, that’s why the best writings are the ones that don’t require a lot of it. and the funny part is, the less you think, the more you make sense on pen and paper.
great post. give me a visit also when you get a chance.
cheers always,
~marjie
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Great Post, Stephan..!
I’ve upgraded my stick to a shovel – but it hasn’t had much effect. I think a mechanical excavator’s the next stop..!
I did enjoy your comments on the ways kids and adults see problems. I remember an adult (probably a teacher) telling me when I was about 13 or 14 that I wouldn’t know what problems were until I grew up. I was just facing my ‘O’ Levels then and this was a problem that consumed my entire life. Problems still consume my entire life – so nothing much has changed, really.
Cheers,
Martin.
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A blog is the real expression of all webmasters. If you have both (website with blog), you may want to write in your blog (not in your website) about how you feel and what you think. The reason why blogs get more and more traffic is because those bloggers can express themselves when they write. I think an awesome blog is when the blogger can tell the truth about his situation in certain conditions. I also love SEO and money-making blogs.
JJ,
Getting random stumbles or diggs is great. All of a sudden hits start coming from nowhere. Looks good at Alexa too.
Marjie,
I know that feeling. It’s what I was looking for and used to having. I was thinking too much. And will drop by your blog.
Martin,
We are all just a bunch of fakers trying to look like the mythical creature “adult”.
Best,
It was only after I started getting opinionated that I started getting more comments.