What the Hell Do I Write About?
I'll be honest with you guys. I have no idea what to post about.
I started law school in August of 2017, and I was swamped. I've never been that busy in my life, and I spent four years in the 82nd Airborne, where being busy was a fact of life. Coupled with the fact that I'd divorced my wife of five years a couple of months prior, and you can imagine how messed up I was in the head. Law school swallowed me whole. I hadn't been posting all that frequently before hand, but I practically dropped off the surface of the earth during the year.
Trouble is, I'm still not back. If you look at my post frequency, it's still low. I rarely post twice in a week, and I used to be posting at least every day, if not twice a day. Trouble is, I have no clue what to write about. It's like every time I sit down to figure out what to write, my brain shuts down.
"Don't even bother, Andrei. I just got done with hours of shit work, and I am in no mood to be blogging." That's me right now. I'd sit down and write fiction, but even that seems to escape my grasp. It's like whenever I get the urge or feel the duty to write something, my brain screams in terror, runs away, and locks the door behind it.
I realize I don't really have it all that hard. I know I don't. Chelsea has been a tremendous help around the house since she's moved down, and things are easier this semester than they ever were my first year. Still, I can't shake this writer's block loose from my head.
So what's there to do? Ramble on about how I can't find anything meaningful to write about I guess. Maybe something will come to me tomorrow. If anyone else has felt the same way lately, drop a comment. I'd love to share company over our mutual inability to find anything meaningful to write about.
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Your rambling post isn't as bad as you may perceive it. At least you got it off your chest. You are trying. It is nice to read that you have support around the house while you are pursuing your law degree. I agree with @merej99 about steepshot. It is a convenient method to post and you can still insert a paragraph about the moment. Those "in the moment" short form picture posts do hold value if you put value into them. Thanks for giving us a piece of your world today.
Thanks for replying. I always appreciate input and I rarely get much these days.
Mainly because I don't post.
Six of one, half-dozen of the other. lol
Consider this possibility instead — given all that is going on in your life — stop worrying about writing "about" something, and instead just do what you were doing when you wrote this post... simply "spill." Consider that the mere sitting down and writing can be more like a variation on meditation; a practice you engage in, as part of the process of clearing your head; write about how annoying the "shit work" was; just write whatever comes into your head.
I noticed one of your tags is #thewritersblock which I think is a fiction group, yes? That probably adds pressure... so just toss out the word "about" when it comes to writing. Not forever; just for now. Doing so, for a while, will actually make your other writing (when you return to it) more flexible.
Bright Blessings!
I've used free writes before, but I'm not in the habit of posting them, which I suppose leaves me at a disadvantage. I just don't like the idea of posting unfinished pieces on the platform.
But I am going to give short pieces or rants a try. That's going to at least grease the wheels. :D
Go on, do a write.
pokes it with a stick
Well, you know I vote for fiction. . . .
But yeah, I get it. Hope you get unstopped soon!
I feel this 100%
Don't sweat the small stuff, you know?
Steepshot and daily challenges help motivate me. I've realized that if I want to stay active on Steemit and try to post something at least once a day, I have to stop turning up my nose to short form posts.
I'm not saying you do that; just what my own process is. So, short form, little bursts of inspiration, some photography... Yeah. There is no reason for writer's block. Good luck!
I'll have to give that a shot. My brain is just fried generally, so maybe something simple and straightforward would help me get back on track. Might even help me focus on school reading and writing, as well.