Let Me Think Before I Start Writing
I am no writer.
This is because you linked it with intellect. You think writing more of a profession than a habit. You associated writing with reasoning and understanding of a particular subject before you start writing about it.
You are constructed in a way where you feel the need to be heard. Many of us seek self-satisfaction with this need where the only person that is hearing us is ourselves. But let me tell you other people can relate to your thoughts. This is where we say sharing is caring.
Let’s break it down further. A thought may not necessarily be the same when it is spoken and when it is written. Yes. Amazing enough. When you write it down it is more structured, more eloquent, and sometimes, more meaningful.
Knowing your audience is not applicable
One of the traits of the best speakers is to know their audience and then deliver the message accordingly. However, in writing (and I am not talking about formal scenarios) your words will reach out to people miles away in Copacabana.
You need to know yourself rather than knowing who is going to read you. It is more relatable to you. Readers will associate themselves with your writings. If you ascertain the impact that your writing has on others, it is worth more than what you expected. It can be referred back anytime. Thoughts that are given written form came into existence to survive unless you delete them at your will.
You are the first reader
You started writing to document your thoughts. You are the first reader of your story before publishing it for the world. The reader within you is the one you need to be concerned about. Your readership may be important when you have made your mark on the writing avenue. Until then, refer to your writings as a reader and see where you need to improve. You have to make yourself visible before you are concerned about your readers. Initially, you don’t need to worry about that. The outcome is not what you are here for.
Writing is for thoughts as nostalgia is for memories
There is a difference between thoughts and memories. Memories relate to happening or non-happening of an event that makes it a remembrance. Memories conquer part of the brain that deals with the past.
Thoughts are generally profound. Thoughts are left scattered and forgotten. You have no record of your thoughts. Documenting your thoughts will give you a reason to track back to your thought pattern. The solution is to give them a physical form to exist before they vanish away. This is where writing comes to the rescue.
Writing gives life to the mere words humping in your brain before you let them out. But you never penned them down. Memories flush them out to make space for themselves (feeling nostalgic). Nostalgia is a revival tool for memories.
Singularity of thoughts unveiled
You underestimate the way your brain works. A single thought comes up with relative effectiveness. It is linked to neurons that are activated when you start writing about it, which forms a thought pattern. It gives you the representation of what is actually going on in your mind. You make a connection with your thought pattern when you are finished with writing your draft. It unlocks the notion that was not even connected with your initial idea when put into words.
Call me an author before I start writing
You don’t need to have that tag associated with you that I am officially a writer. You can produce amazing content with your thoughts. It should make sense to you and that is it. The writings that have the most impact are those that are relatable. Even if it is as simple a draft as to how you spent your day, people will connect with the similarities with the posted content. You don’t need expertise or complications before you delve into the writing platform. Start writing personally and publish it to travel universally.
Feel connected and start writing
Start writing about yourself before you skill up as a pro-writer and then delve deeper into this arena. The abstract connection of your writing with your mind is unexplored until you produce the content. Don’t expect a response from your readers. This is the way you are responding to your thoughts. It will help to structure your thinking process and providing you more focus.
Highly productive people keep a pocket journal with them to instantly jot down the ideas that pop up in their head. It is short-lived if it is restrained to the boundaries of your mind.
An average person can think about 60,000–80,000 thoughts in a day. Analyze how many of those do you actually remember.
Start writing before you think to sustain your thoughts into reality.
