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I Want to Fall in Love with Writing, Again
Over the last six months or so, I’ve repeatedly started writing a post here, on Medium, and then stopped.
It’s been incredibly frustrating. I have dozens of incomplete drafts reminding me of that mental wall I keep hitting; each draft seems to be getting farther and farther away from completion than the last.
Writing — essentially just blogging — used to come so easy. An idea would pop into my head, I’d get excited and start typing, edit and revise as necessary, and then hit publish.
Seeing people read and respond to what I wrote — in general positively — gave me joy and fueled me to keep doing it. Though even when it seemed like my writing fell on deaf ears, I was motivated enough to go back to the well, realizing that writing isn’t all about an immediate reward or feedback.
I’ve been blogging off and on since 2012, but lately it’s become more complicated.
I’ve started questioning every imaginable decision as I write:
Who’s going to actually read this?
Is what I’m writing offering value?
Will people be critical?
Am I really that knowledgeable about this subject in the first place?
