[BLOG] HEY WRITERS, ARE YOU WRITING?
There’s a crippling fear that most writers face when they actually begin writing. It’s this looming anxiety that their words will be misunderstood, judged, that someone will realize that they aren’t as good of a writer as they thought. I’ve battled with this last year as I let deadlines come and go and convinced myself that when it’s ready, it’s ready. You can’t rush art, right?
But it never will be ready. Not if I let that fear dictate my art.
For me, writing isn’t hobby. For me to actually forge a career out of this, for me to make films, I have to actually write. There’s nothing else I can do to avoid it. I must write. YOU must write. There’s a greater fear of what happens when I don’t write. I don’t become shit. I don’t inspire. I don’t create. I become Queen of Regrets and to me that is scarier than being misunderstood.
So, I’ve held myself to harsher standards. I know me and I know that if I’m stuck I’ll dwell on that one word or sentence and will lose half of my day on it. So when I get stuck – I write – on this blog. As long as I don’t stop writing. It’s training myself to constantly write. Usually by the time I’m done and I look at that word or sentence again, I’ve figured out the solution.
For the writers who aren’t writing, stop it! Buckle down and just do it. Even if it’s a scene a day or an idea or something. Hold yourself to harsher deadlines and know the stakes are high if you don’t complete it. If you don’t have a blog or outlet, feel free to send your blogs to us.
If it’s important to you, it doesn’t deserve to wait.