fear
Recently, I've been afraid to write. To compose. To create.
It's natural, I'm sure, to have writer's block. It's less natural to have this sort of fear, but only to a certain degree.
Because the world is full of fears buried and hiding, or in plain sight. Either way, everyone feels them somehow. And it's difficult for everyone.
But I've realized that it's more difficult to keep on hiding them, to surrender to fears or give in to what they demand. In my case, that's shunning my writing and refusing to continue because it isn't perfect as I'd like. When I say it like this, it seems ridiculous because it's supposed to be common knowledge that NOTHING WE DO IS PERFECT.
But when thoughts and fears stay in my head, the walls echo and it's easy to believe that my writing is unworthy just because it isn't perfect.
So this is just as much a reminder to myself as it is to anyone reading this:
Be brave.
WRITERS BLOCK OH WRITERS BLOCK PLEASE LEAVE US ALONE ;)
ReplyDeleteSchoolwork all day, around the clock
DeleteAwaiting the time to write
But out of the dark comes writer's block
So mean and full of spite
We wish we could turn it away, say "Scram!"
And then it would be gone —
But insistent it is, nagging, "Here I am,"
And it's just so hard to move on.
tl;dr — I AGREEEEEE
So true. This was written well!
ReplyDeleteThanks! This is still a struggle sometimes but it's getting better.
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