When You Don’t Know What to Say, Write About Why
Have you ever felt like the words you love have abandoned you, leaving you staring at a blank page? Or like you’ve abandoned them, leaving them to gaze at you bleakly, wondering why you won’t do something with them?
I love words, and the way I can put them together to mean something more than what each one does. To lend value to them beyond those letters placed together, beyond a place in a dictionary. I love writing, for so many reasons.
But sometimes, words fail me. Or is it the opposite, am I failing them? Because I don’t know what to write about, what to say using these magical tools that could inspire someone, help another, or simply be.
And I wonder why? Why, despite this love for writing and for words, do I fail to use them well? And how do I get past that failure?
So I decided to look at the whys and see if that can help me get past them, starting with
Sheer Laziness
I have to admit that many a time it is laziness that kills success for me. What about you?
Stringing words together to make them sing, to make sense, and to wow audiences takes some effort after all. So, when I don’t feel like putting that effort, I simply decide I don’t know what to write about. Easy-peasy, right? I mean — an…