I haven't been writing much lately, and there's really no explanation other than the fact that I have lost confidence in myself and in my writing. I read other people's blogs, and they seem to have definitive points of interest, ranging from adorable children to amazing athletic accomplishments to brutally honest confessions to poignant analysis of timely issues. I don't seem to fit into any of those categories. I don't have dozens of people reading and commenting on my words. I can't seem to find anything that I deem--to put it in professional terms--"newsworthy" enough to send out into the universe.
And then of course, Tim reminded me of what my hero Anne Lamott recommends--"just write." And so, write I shall. No more over-analysis, self-doubt or self-pity. Even if it's something of interest only to me, I will write it. Because that's what writers do.
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I like that. We all do it - write blog posts in our head, but never actually create them. You have lots to say, you might not think it's important, but sometimes people just want to know how you're doing!
I know this is nearly a year old, but the loss of confidence, the over thinking, over analyzing kept me from writing for many years. And my writing isn't great, and my stories are just my own, and it was really dumb for me to wait. Your stories are interesting to me, that's for sure!
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