Have you always wanted to write?
Then why the hell aren't you? It's not hard.
Maybe you're confused about the basics. "Writing" and "typing"? It's the same thing. People use the terms interchangeably. Nobody is going to hold you to some weird standard if you say you are writing, but really you're just typing. These days, it's just considered the same thing. It isn't one of those situations like where certain people will insist on "correcting" you when you use the term "album" to refer to a collection of songs not stored on a grooved vinyl disc. Those people are smart, but completely wrong on that point.
And it's the same with writing: except nobody's even going to correct you. Just go ahead and type! You don't need to worry about gripping that pen, and your hand cramping up. Just pound away at the keys, freely! Clump letters into words. String together words, in an order that approximates your thoughts. You're writing!
Ok? So just keep doing it. Serious. It's not that hard.
Have you always wanted to write? GET OUT OF HERE!! QUIT READING AND GO TYPE SOME WORDS, BUD!!!
4 comments:
Writing is easy.
Composing is the difficult part.
What do you mean, like - putting what you write to music?
I'm saying it's difficult to write well.
I wish I could just sit down and have everything come out peachy keen!
Oh, OK - yeah I hear that, it is indeed difficult to write well. Especially if you've got something you're really trying to say! And then sometimes the problem is not having something sufficiently important to say.
I just try to practice as much as I can, using things of no substance. The more practice you get - even at saying things that don't matter - the better equipped you are to hit it when you have something important to say!
Man: still not easy though. Earlier today it took me almost an hour to get three paragraphs. But that was something crazy important (work, obviously).
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