What to Write
This post is written because I am trying to stick to my resolution to write every day. I have a half-dozen, half-started documents in a file labeled “2012 writing”. But today my brain is mud and staring at a blank Word document seems more daunting than filling up a WordPress widget.
Once upon a time, I started a blog because I had very strong feelings and wanted an outlet for them. I also had given up writing for years and missed it like crazy. I enjoyed blog writing a lot. And even before my divorce was final, I think I had found a voice as a “romance” or “dating” blogger.
Man. I’d love to go on a first date right now just to be able to wax poetic about it.
But not enough to go through a second divorce. Even if I did keep my own name this time.
I also gave very little thought as to how…accurate? factual? my blog posts were. I considered it fiction, based loosely on my life. I wished to entertain and if that meant I wrote I was devastated when a guy didn’t go for the first kiss when in real life I was nonplussed? Ah well. The show must go on.
These days I feel a bit at a loss when I write here. I’ve gained a husband, but lost a voice. I want to write well again, not just rush to put something up here because too much time has past since my last post.
So I’m writing every day. Sometimes therapeutic, sometimes instructional. Sometimes funny? But I’m giving myself the space to do so on my hard drive. Away from the pressure of other eyeballs and mouse clicks.
Hopefully this means posts will get more frequent and funnier around here. But don’t hold your breath. It’s only January 9th after all.