Reasons for writing

After writing a whole lot into my notebook and then tweeting a bunch I came to this page and i didn't know what to write about. That's when it came to me... I should just not write now. I should write later.

So i closed this tab and went to check my email and I suddenly realized. That's what I should write about. That I didn't know what to write about by the time I faced the page.

Why?

To show that there's really no valid reason for why you shouldn't write if you want to write. 

See that last line is a loaded lie. If one wants to write they will write. When they struggle to it's not that they don't want to write. It's that they don't want to write garbage. And that's okay. Most people don't ever start wanting to write, they start to want to write a bestseller or a viral blog post.

Why?

Because what they want isn't writing. What they want is recognition from others. It goes deeper than just this plain old task of writing.

Because if writing was the actual thing they wanted to do, then it would be done.

Just like the next breath comes in to your lungs. Because you want to breathe.
You touched on something interesting, People who have taste but don't have skill are a very harsh self-critic. They judge their work too harsh.
2021-12-06 19:40:22
What taste has to do with this? Imagine you read only the best authors, and really love them. You inevitably will compare your creations with the lecture that you are admiring.
2021-12-06 19:41:45
I am a firm believer in taste. I'm not a believer in anyone who says that's their reason for not doing though. They got other reasons they can't do then, and it's definitely not taste.

If taste got in the way then nobody could ever begin cooking or doing anything for that matter.
2021-12-08 01:12:25
The way taste gets in the way is by fuelling the self-critical sense which in turn can make one not write anything because it's not up to his own standards. It's a vicious circle. Of course, it's not always like that, but for some it is.
2021-12-08 07:48:05
I get that one might call taste the reason. But here i belive taste is just what the person suavely casts as the reason to make themselves feel better. The underlying reason is ego. They wish not to be associated with bad work because they think they are beyond that when they really aren't.
2021-12-08 15:51:59
Exactly 💯
2021-12-08 21:11:03

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