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I Hate Writing Blogs

It's not the writing itself I dread — it's everything before the first word lands. The blank page, the silence, the not knowing. Until it isn't.

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Writer facing a blank page — the creative dread before a blog post begins, and what happens once the process takes over

This may seem strange as a title looking at all the content I have made, but it's actually not the writing of the blogs that I don't like — it's the lead-up to it.

If I am not inspired, there is a sense of dread of the unknown. Will I have something to say, or will there be nothing?

I think the issue is living out the moment in your head before it happens. It's like waking up to go to the gym or going for a walk. You think it's going to be rough until you start.

If you listen to music — which I don't, and I have mentioned my reason for this in earlier blogs — you start to enjoy the beat of the song and get into a rhythm.

I get into my creative zone and then things start to flow.

Once I Am Into the Process, Everything Is Gravy

Once I am into the process, everything is gravy.

I almost don't want to stop.

It's hard when I get interrupted because I have to start the process again.

I have to fight the part I hate to get to the part I love.

I enjoy writing when I am inspired because I feel like there is purpose and I am not wasting time spinning my wheels.

There is an apprehension before you can get to the good stuff. It's like eating your vegetables as a child before you can have your dessert.

You know that you have to do it, but if you had the choice, you wouldn't.

I take the good with the bad, but I have to admit I procrastinate and push it back much longer than I should most days.

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