A Writing Pledge
From me to you
Ok. Stop this. I’m trying to find ideas of things to write. I’ve been at it for days. But it doesn’t work like that. Not for me. I write because I love it, and because I have things to say. Not because I need to find a super catchy article idea that will make everyone read.
Sometimes I get caught in that. That race to find the best article idea. The best title. Maybe I want to make money — who wouldn’t — and try to get the easy way out. But it’s not easy. Not for me. When I try too hard, ideas don’t come. Or if they do, they feel wrong, forced, like I’m just lying. To myself. To everyone reading. I’m not lying when I write, but forced writing feels like it, it’s wrong. I don’t want this.
If whatever I have to say needs to be said, it will be. I don’t want to try too hard to please readers I don’t even know. And that ultimately won’t be pleased by me forcing myself. If in my thought process I find something of genuine interest, then I will write about it and share it. But if it’s a “10 tips to do x” that I force myself to do, then I’ll keep it to myself. I don’t have to please anyone anyway, I’m fine by myself.
If you’re reading this, thank you. I respect you, and myself. And I’ll continue to do that by only sharing articles that ring true to me. Somedays I won’t have inspiration. Maybe I’ll spend days, weeks, without anything new. And that’s alright. But I do have ideas at the moment. So many of them. They just need to be sorted and written. I’m not good at planning. Outlining an article kills my spark. I prefer to start writing and improvise on the way. I’ll cut to the chase and only write.
That is my pledge, to you, and me.
